Composition of Certain Balance Sheet Captions

12 Months Ended

Mar. 30, 2012

Composition of Certain Balance Sheet Captions [Abstract]

Composition of Certain Balance Sheet Captions

Note 2 — Composition of Certain Balance Sheet Captions

	As of March 30, 2012			As of April 1, 2011
	(In thousands)
Accounts receivable, net:
Billed	$	108,758		$	100,863
Unbilled		103,929			91,519
Allowance for doubtful accounts		(997	)		(493	)
	$	211,690		$	191,889
Inventories:
Raw materials	$	46,208		$	46,651
Work in process		23,932			18,713
Finished goods		57,506			33,191
	$	127,646		$	98,555
Prepaid expenses and other current assets:
Prepaid expenses	$	25,103		$	18,235
Income tax receivable		21			26
Other		5,793			2,880
	$	30,917		$	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(estimated useful life of 17 years)		362,977			—
Satellite — ViaSat-1(under construction)		—			276,418
		657,957			571,398
Less accumulated depreciation and amortization		(72,226	)		(38,398	)
	$	585,731		$	533,000
Property and equipment, net:
Machinery and equipment (estimated useful life of 2-5 years)	$	195,975		$	122,113
Computer equipment and software (estimated useful life of 2-7 years)		127,596			66,768
CPE leased equipment (estimated useful life of 3-5 years)		85,271			61,610
Furniture and fixtures (estimated useful life of 7 years)		14,093			13,053
Leasehold improvements (estimated useful life of 2-17 years)		51,205			24,550
Building (estimated useful life of 24 years)		8,923			8,923
Land		4,384			4,384
Construction in progress		16,570			80,976
		504,017			382,377
Less accumulated depreciation and amortization		(209,044	)		(149,238	)
	$	294,973		$	233,139
Other assets:
Capitalized software costs, net	$	41,992		$	24,472
Patents, orbital slots and other licenses, net		11,194			8,639
Deferred income taxes		53,602			47,017
Other		30,007			23,180
	$	136,795		$	103,308
Accrued liabilities:
Collections in excess of revenues and deferred revenues	$	88,114		$	61,916
Accrued employee compensation		21,384			18,804
Accrued vacation		17,573			15,600
Warranty reserve, current portion		6,238			8,014
Other		26,453			26,249
	$	159,762		$	130,583
Other liabilities:
Deferred revenue, long-term portion	$	11,414		$	6,960
Deferred rent, long-term portion		8,237			6,267
Warranty reserve, long-term portion		5,413			4,928
Deferred income taxes, long-term portion		3,073			3,374
Unrecognized tax position liabilities		1,306			2,217
Satellite performance incentives obligation and other liabilities, long-term portion		20,910			96
	$	50,353		$	23,842