Composition of Certain Balance Sheet Captions (Tables)

6 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2016

Organization, Consolidation and Presentation of Financial Statements [Abstract]

Composition of Certain Balance Sheet Captions

	As of September 30, 2016			As of March 31, 2016
	(In thousands)
Accounts receivable, net:
Billed	$	144,785		$	146,309
Unbilled		133,425			141,568
Allowance for doubtful accounts		(1,713	)		(1,153	)
	$	276,497		$	286,724
Inventories:
Raw materials	$	47,951		$	46,757
Work in process		30,170			27,200
Finished goods		73,510			71,204
	$	151,631		$	145,161
Prepaid expenses and other current assets:
Prepaid expenses	$	45,608		$	41,784
Other		3,694			5,799
	$	49,302		$	47,583
Satellites, net:
Satellites (estimated useful life of 10-17 years)	$	559,094		$	559,094
Capital lease of satellite capacity — Anik F2 (estimated useful life of 10 years)		99,090			99,090
Satellites under construction		657,433			515,696
		1,315,617			1,173,880
Less: accumulated depreciation and amortization		(301,184	)		(275,683	)
	$	1,014,433		$	898,197
Property and equipment, net:
Equipment and software (estimated useful life of 2-7 years)	$	620,745		$	568,663
CPE leased equipment (estimated useful life of 4-5 years)		266,811			260,409
Furniture and fixtures (estimated useful life of 7 years)		29,879			25,501
Leasehold improvements (estimated useful life of 2-17 years)		78,154			71,895
Building (estimated useful life of 24 years)		8,923			8,923
Land		41,960			41,960
Construction in progress		96,684			73,535
		1,143,156			1,050,886
Less: accumulated depreciation		(618,001	)		(563,976	)
	$	525,155		$	486,910
Other acquired intangible assets, net:
Technology (weighted average useful life of 6 years)	$	74,015		$	74,848
Contracts and customer relationships (weighted average useful life of 8 years)		99,318			99,499
Satellite co-location rights (weighted average useful life of 9 years)		8,600			8,600
Trade name (weighted average useful life of 3 years)		5,940			5,940
Other (weighted average useful life of 7 years)		8,697			8,717
		196,570			197,604
Less: accumulated amortization		(167,828	)		(164,000	)
	$	28,742		$	33,604

	As of September 30, 2016		As of March 31, 2016
	(In thousands)
Other assets:
Deferred income taxes	$	131,338	$	134,721
Capitalized software costs, net		187,424		163,061
Patents, orbital slots and other licenses, net		16,700		16,900
Other		34,334		25,323
	$	369,796	$	340,005
Accrued liabilities:
Collections in excess of revenues and deferred revenues	$	76,093	$	64,624
Accrued employee compensation		21,212		35,056
Accrued vacation		29,597		28,646
Warranty reserve, current portion		7,605		7,867
Current portion of other long-term debt		281		274
Other		51,619		47,877
	$	186,407	$	184,344
Other liabilities:
Deferred revenue, long-term portion	$	5,508	$	5,470
Deferred rent, long-term portion		10,193		8,808
Warranty reserve, long-term portion		3,761		3,567
Satellite performance incentives obligation, long-term portion		19,140		19,514
Other		—		12
	$	38,602	$	37,371