Other Accrued Liabilities (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2013

Other Liabilities Disclosure [Abstract]

Schedule of major categories of other current and long-term accrued liabilities

The major categories of other current and long-term accrued liabilities are as follows:

	March 31
	2013		2012
Employee benefits and insurance, including pension and other postretirement benefits	$	75,882	$	76,646
Warranty	19,669		24,221
Litigation Liability	—		25,500
Interest	1,887		15,293
Environmental remediation	6,847		5,135
Rebate	6,875		6,050
Deferred lease obligation	28,424		27,782
Commodity forward contracts	2,871		6,518
Federal excise tax	22,367		15,338
Other	97,199		105,159
Total other accrued liabilities—current	$	262,021	$	307,642
Environmental remediation	$	49,373	$	52,361
Management nonqualified deferred compensation plan	17,409		19,704
Non-current portion of accrued income tax liability	25,400		20,396
Deferred lease obligation	14,342		14,932
Other	19,934		15,609
Total other long-term liabilities	$	126,458	$	123,002

Schedule of reconciliation of the changes in product warranty liability

The following is a reconciliation of the changes in ATK's product warranty liability during the periods presented:

Balance at April 1, 2011	$	18,076
Payments made	(142		)
Warranties issued	12,646
Changes related to preexisting warranties	(6,359		)
Balance at March 31, 2012	24,221
Payments made	(5,712		)
Warranties issued	3,387
Changes related to preexisting warranties	(2,227		)
Balance at March 31, 2013	$	19,669