Composition of Certain Balance Sheet Captions (Tables)

9 Months Ended

Dec. 30, 2011

Composition of Certain Balance Sheet Captions [Abstract]

Composition of Certain Balance Sheet Captions

	As of December 30, 2011			As of April 1, 2011
	(In thousands)
Accounts receivable, net:
Billed	$	92,931		$	100,863
Unbilled		92,392			91,519
Allowance for doubtful accounts		(1,024	)		(493	)
	$	184,299		$	191,889
Inventories:
Raw materials	$	52,200		$	46,651
Work in process		23,751			18,713
Finished goods		53,812			33,191
	$	129,763		$	98,555
Prepaid expenses and other current assets:
Prepaid expenses	$	25,961		$	18,235
Indemnification receivable		20,000			—
Income tax receivable		230			26
Other		5,220			2,880
	$	51,411		$	21,141
Satellites, net:
Satellite — WildBlue-1 (estimated useful life of 10 years)	$	195,890		$	195,890
Capital lease of satellite capacity — Anik F2 (estimated useful life of 10 years)		99,090			99,090
Satellite — ViaSat-1 (under construction)		362,711			276,418
		657,691			571,398
Less accumulated depreciation and amortization		(60,455	)		(38,398	)
	$	597,236		$	533,000
Property and equipment, net:
Machinery and equipment (estimated useful life of 2-5 years)	$	151,371		$	122,113
Computer equipment and software (estimated useful life of 2-7 years)		99,515			66,768
CPE leased equipment (estimated useful life of 3-5 years)		73,814			61,610
Furniture and fixtures (estimated useful life of 7 years)		13,357			13,053
Leasehold improvements (estimated useful life of 2-15 years)		24,810			24,550
Building (estimated useful life of 24 years)		8,923			8,923
Land		4,384			4,384
Construction in progress		91,838			80,976
		468,012			382,377
Less accumulated depreciation and amortization		(192,414	)		(149,238	)
	$	275,598		$	233,139
Other acquired intangible assets, net:
Technology (weighted average useful life of 6 years)	$	53,895		$	54,344
Contracts and customer relationships (weighted average useful life of 7 years)		88,739			88,834
Non-compete agreements (weighted average useful life of 4 years)		9,319			9,332
Satellite co-location rights (weighted average useful life of 9 years)		8,600			8,600
Trade name (weighted average useful life of 3 years)		5,680			5,680
Other (weighted average useful life of 6 years)		9,330			9,331
		175,563			176,121
Less accumulated amortization		(108,337	)		(94,232	)
	$	67,226		$	81,889
Accrued liabilities:
Accrued vacation	$	15,867		$	15,600
Accrued employee compensation		13,642			18,804
Collections in excess of revenues and deferred revenues		54,408			61,916
Accrued settlement liability		20,500			500
Warranty reserve, current portion		7,245			8,014
Other		27,698			25,749
	$	139,360		$	130,583
Other liabilities:
Unrecognized tax position liabilities	$	2,217		$	2,217
Deferred rent, long-term portion		7,185			6,267
Deferred revenue, long-term portion		7,624			6,960
Deferred income taxes, long-term portion		2,786			3,374
Warranty reserve, long-term portion		4,713			4,928
Other		20,717			96
	$	45,242		$	23,842