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Revenue
 9 Months Ended
Sep. 30, 2021
Revenue from Contract with Customer [Abstract]  
Revenue Revenue
Based on the specific analysis of its contracts, the Company has determined that its contracts are subject to revenue recognition in accordance with ASC 606, Revenue from Contracts with Customers (“ASC 606”). The Company’s revenues are derived from the design and sales of components for spacecraft and satellites and the performance of engineering, modeling and simulation services related to spacecraft design and mission execution. Each promised good or service within a contract is accounted for separately under the guidance of ASC 606, if they are distinct. Promised goods or services not meeting the criteria for being a distinct performance obligation are bundled into a single performance obligation with other goods or services that together meet the criteria for being distinct. The appropriate allocation of the transaction price and recognition of revenue is then applied for the bundled performance obligation. The Company has concluded that its service contracts generally contain a single performance obligation given the interrelated nature of the activities within the contract to which the transaction price is assigned and for which revenue is recognized over time.
The Company engages in long-term contracts for production and service activities and recognizes revenue for performance obligations over time. These long-term contracts involve the design, development, manufacture, or modification of components for spacecraft and satellites. Revenue is recognized over time (versus point in time recognition), as the Company’s performance creates an asset with no alternative use to the Company and the Company has an enforceable right to payment for performance completed to date, and the customer receives the benefit as the Company builds the asset. The Company considers the nature of these contracts and the types of products and services provided when determining the proper accounting for a particular contract. These contracts include both fixed-price and cost reimbursable contracts. The Company’s cost reimbursable contracts typically include cost-plus fixed fee and time and material (“T&M”) contracts.
The table below presents revenues by customer grouping for the following periods:
  Successor Predecessor
  Three Months Ended September 30, 2021 Three Months Ended September 30, 2020 Nine Months Ended September 30, 2021 Period from February 10, 2020 to September 30, 2020 Period from January 1, 2020 to June 21, 2020
Civil space
 $ 18,166  $ 7,926  $ 49,032  $ 9,469  $ 15,844 
National security
 6,896  1,405  22,649  3,028  684 
Commercial and other
 7,618  3,154  24,845  5,159  123 
Total revenues
 $ 32,680  $ 12,485  $ 96,526  $ 17,656  $ 16,651 

Contract Balances
Contract balances result from the timing of revenue recognized, billings and cash collections, and the generation of contract assets and liabilities.

Contract assets represent revenue recognized in excess of amounts invoiced to the customer and the right to payment is not subject to the passage of time. Contract liabilities are presented as deferred revenue on the Company’s condensed consolidated balance sheets and consist of deferred product revenue, billings in excess of revenues, deferred service revenue, and customer advances. Deferred product revenue represents amounts that have been invoiced to customers but are not yet recognizable as revenue because the Company has not satisfied its performance obligations under the contract. Billings in excess of revenues represents milestone billing contracts where the billings of the contract exceed recognized revenues.

The table below presents the contract assets and contract liabilities included on the condensed consolidated balance sheets for the following periods:
Successor
September 30,
2021		 December 31,
2020
Contract assets
 $ 9,364  $ 4,172 
 
Contract liabilities $ 11,737  $ 15,665 

The increase in contract assets was primarily driven by growth in revenue recognized and timing of billable milestones occurring during the Successor 2021 Period, and also by the acquisitions of Oakman and DPSS compared to December 31, 2020 before they were acquired.

The decrease in contract liabilities was related to timing of billable milestones occurring during the Successor 2021 Period, partially offset by an increase related to the acquisitions of Oakman and DPSS during the Successor 2021 Period, compared to December 31, 2020 before they were acquired. Revenue recognized in the Successor 2021 Period that was included in the contract liability balance as of December 31, 2020 was $14,952 thousand.

The Company evaluates the contract value and cost estimates at completion (“EAC”) for performance obligations at least quarterly and more frequently when circumstances significantly change. Due to the nature of the work required to be performed on many of the Company’s performance obligations, the estimate of total revenue and cost at completion is complex, subject to many variables and requires significant judgment by management on a contract by contract basis. As part of this process, management reviews information including, but not limited to, labor productivity, the nature and technical complexity of the work to be performed, availability and cost volatility of materials, subcontractor and vendor performance, volume assumptions, inflationary trends, and schedule and performance delays. Management’s judgment related to these considerations has become increasingly more significant given the current economic environment primarily caused by the COVID-19 pandemic.

When the Company’s estimate of total costs to be incurred to satisfy a performance obligation exceeds the expected revenue, the Company recognizes the loss immediately. When the Company determines that a change in estimate has an impact on the associated profit of a performance obligation, the Company records the cumulative positive or negative adjustment to the
statement of operations and comprehensive income (loss). Changes in estimates and assumptions related to the status of certain long-term contracts may have a material effect on the Company’s operating results.

The following table summarizes the impact of the net EAC adjustments for the periods presented:
  Successor
  Three Months Ended September 30, 2021 Three Months Ended September 30, 2020 Nine Months Ended September 30, 2021 Period from February 10, 2020 to September 30, 2020
Net EAC adjustments, before income taxes $ (278) $ 232  $ (1,418) $ 486 
Net EAC adjustments, net of income taxes (226) 184  (1,215) 386 
Net EAC adjustments, net of income taxes, per diluted share (0.01) —  (0.03) 0.01 

Remaining Performance Obligations
The Company includes in its computation of remaining performance obligations customer orders for which it has accepted signed sales orders. The definition of remaining performance obligations excludes those contracts accounted for under the “right to invoice” practical expedient. As of September 30, 2021, the aggregate amount of the transaction price allocated to remaining performance obligations was $106,773 thousand. The Company expects to recognize approximately 73% of its remaining performance obligations as revenue within the next 12 months and the balance thereafter.

Geographic Information and Significant Customers
The Company has customers located in the United States, Luxembourg, Germany, Japan, South Korea, Poland, and Taiwan.
The table below presents revenues based on the geographic location of the Company’s customers for the following periods:
  Successor Predecessor
  Three Months Ended September 30, 2021 Three Months Ended September 30, 2020 Nine Months Ended September 30, 2021 Period from February 10, 2020 to September 30, 2020 Period from January 1, 2020 to June 21, 2020
U.S.
 $ 31,367  $ 11,747  $ 93,205  $ 16,750  $ 15,856 
Luxembourg
 1,156  509  3,071  560  795 
South Korea
 68  52  144  84  — 
Poland
 51  73  51  148  — 
Germany
 38  —  55  —  — 
Japan —  52  —  62  — 
Taiwan —  52  —  52  — 
Total revenues
 $ 32,680  $ 12,485  $ 96,526  $ 17,656  $ 16,651 
The majority of the Company’s revenues are derived from government contracts. Customers comprising 10% or more of revenues were as follows for the periods presented:
  Successor Predecessor
  Three Months Ended September 30, 2021 Three Months Ended September 30, 2020 Nine Months Ended September 30, 2021 Period from February 10, 2020 to September 30, 2020 Period from January 1, 2020 to June 21, 2020
Boeing(1)
$ 4,446  $ —  $ 13,484  $ —  $ — 
Lockheed Martin(1)
—  —  —  2,310  — 
NASA 10,589  7,379  29,604  8,661  15,020 
Total $ 15,035  $ 7,379  $ 43,088  $ 10,971  $ 15,020 

(1) While revenue was generated in each of the periods presented, amounts are only disclosed for the periods in which revenue represented 10% or more of total revenue.