Composition of Certain Balance Sheet Captions (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2016

Organization, Consolidation and Presentation of Financial Statements [Abstract]

Composition of Certain Balance Sheet Captions

As of March 31, 2016			As of April 3, 2015
	(In thousands)
Accounts receivable, net:
Billed	$	146,309		$	120,345
Unbilled		141,568			147,049
Allowance for doubtful accounts		(1,153	)		(1,055	)
	$	286,724		$	266,339
Inventories:
Raw materials	$	46,757		$	42,716
Work in process		27,200			22,957
Finished goods		71,204			62,694
	$	145,161		$	128,367
Prepaid expenses and other current assets:
Prepaid expenses	$	43,562		$	40,106
Other		5,799			4,596
	$	49,361		$	44,702
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)		363,204			363,204
Satellites under construction		515,696			328,857
		1,173,880			987,041
Less accumulated depreciation and amortization		(275,683	)		(224,820	)
	$	898,197		$	762,221
Property and equipment, net:
Equipment and software (estimated useful life of 2-7 years)	$	568,663		$	511,717
CPE leased equipment (estimated useful life of 4-5 years)		260,409			250,281
Furniture and fixtures (estimated useful life of 7 years)		25,501			20,395
Leasehold improvements (estimated useful life of 2-17 years)		71,895			67,723
Building (estimated useful life of 24 years)		8,923			8,923
Land		41,960			1,621
Construction in progress		73,535			17,890
		1,050,886			878,550
Less accumulated depreciation		(563,976	)		(460,528	)
	$	486,910		$	418,022
Other assets:
Deferred income taxes	$	134,721		$	132,864
Capitalized software costs, net		163,061			119,936
Patents, orbital slots and other licenses, net		16,900			16,900
Other		32,079			57,183
	$	346,761		$	326,883
Accrued liabilities:
Collections in excess of revenues and deferred revenues	$	64,624		$	83,528
Accrued employee compensation		35,056			27,953
Accrued vacation		28,646			25,859
Warranty reserve, current portion		7,867			9,235
Current portion of other long-term debt		274			260
Other		47,877			44,491
	$	184,344		$	191,326
Other liabilities:
Deferred revenue, long-term portion	$	5,470		$	4,894
Deferred rent, long-term portion		8,808			8,307
Warranty reserve, long-term portion		3,567			6,310
Satellite performance incentives obligation, long-term portion		19,514		$	20,121
Deferred income taxes		12			363
	$	37,371		$	39,995