Composition of Certain Balance Sheet Captions - Composition of Certain Balance Sheet Captions (Detail) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	Mar. 31, 2016	Apr. 03, 2015
Accounts receivable, net:
Accounts receivable, Billed	$ 146,309	$ 120,345
Accounts receivable, Unbilled	141,568	147,049
Allowance for doubtful accounts	(1,153)	(1,055)
Accounts receivable, net	286,724	266,339
Inventories:
Raw materials	46,757	42,716
Work in process	27,200	22,957
Finished goods	71,204	62,694
Inventories	145,161	128,367
Prepaid expenses and other current assets:
Prepaid expenses	43,562	40,106
Other	5,799	4,596
Prepaid expenses and other current assets	49,361	44,702
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
Other assets	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
Accrued liabilities	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
Other liabilities	37,371	39,995
Satellites, Net [Member]
Property and equipment, net:
Property and equipment	1,173,880	987,041
Less: accumulated depreciation and amortization	(275,683)	(224,820)
Property and equipment, net	898,197	762,221
Property and Equipment, Net [Member]
Property and equipment, net:
Property and equipment	1,050,886	878,550
Less: accumulated depreciation and amortization	(563,976)	(460,528)
Property and equipment, net	486,910	418,022
Satellite - WildBlue-1 [Member] | Satellites, Net [Member]
Property and equipment, net:
Property and equipment	195,890	195,890
Capital lease of satellite capacity - Anik F2 [Member] | Satellites, Net [Member]
Property and equipment, net:
Property and equipment	99,090	99,090
Satellite - ViaSat-1 [Member] | Satellites, Net [Member]
Property and equipment, net:
Property and equipment	363,204	363,204
Construction in progress [Member] | Satellites, Net [Member]
Property and equipment, net:
Property and equipment	515,696	328,857
Construction in progress [Member] | Property and Equipment, Net [Member]
Property and equipment, net:
Property and equipment	73,535	17,890
Equipment and software [Member] | Property and Equipment, Net [Member]
Property and equipment, net:
Property and equipment	568,663	511,717
CPE leased equipment [Member] | Property and Equipment, Net [Member]
Property and equipment, net:
Property and equipment	260,409	250,281
Less: accumulated depreciation and amortization	(136,400)	(107,800)
Furniture and fixtures [Member] | Property and Equipment, Net [Member]
Property and equipment, net:
Property and equipment	25,501	20,395
Leasehold improvements [Member] | Property and Equipment, Net [Member]
Property and equipment, net:
Property and equipment	71,895	67,723
Building [Member] | Property and Equipment, Net [Member]
Property and equipment, net:
Property and equipment	8,923	8,923
Land [Member] | Property and Equipment, Net [Member]
Property and equipment, net:
Property and equipment	$ 41,960	$ 1,621