NASDAQ:AVNW Aviat Networks Q1 2027 Earnings Results & Report $16.75 -2.38 (-12.44%) As of 02:17 PM Eastern This is a fair market value price provided by Massive. Learn more. Aviat Networks missed analyst expectations on both earnings and revenue in its Q1 2027 results, released November 10, 2026. The company reported EPS of $0.12 versus the $0.3014 consensus estimate, while revenue of $101.97 million fell short of the $103.55 million estimate by $1.58 million. Research:ProfileEarnings HistoryForecast Earnings Announcement Details QuarterQ1 2027Report DateNovember 10, 2026TimeAfter Market ClosesConference Call8:30 AM ET Aviat Networks EPS ResultsActual EPS$0.12Consensus EPS $0.3014Beat/MissMissed by -$0.1814One Year Ago EPSN/AEPS Beat Rate5 of last 8 quartersAviat Networks Revenue ResultsActual Revenue$101.97 millionExpected Revenue$103.55 millionBeat/MissMissed by -$1.58 millionYoY Revenue GrowthN/AConference Call ResourcesConference Call AudioConference Call TranscriptSlide DeckPress Release (8-K)Quarterly Report (10-Q)SEC FilingEarnings HistoryCompany ProfileSlide DeckFull Screen Slide DeckPowered by Aviat Networks Q1 2027 Earnings Call TranscriptProvided by QuartrNovember 10, 2026ShareShareShare This ReportLink copied to clipboard.Key Takeaways Positive Sentiment: Demand and backlog strengthened: First-quarter bookings exceeded $150 million, up 75% year over year, with a book-to-bill ratio above 1.5 and backlog up $70 million, or 19%, sequentially. Management said demand for its major MDU program exceeds what it can currently serve because of component constraints. Negative Sentiment: Supply issues weighed on quarterly results: Revenue declined to $102.0 million from $107.3 million a year earlier, while non-GAAP gross margin fell to 29.6% from 33.8%. Management estimated component shortages and a Thailand flood together reduced revenue by about $10 million, and said competition for components is likely to persist near term. Positive Sentiment: Guidance reflects demand and customer mix changes: Aviat set fiscal 2027 revenue guidance at $450 million–$475 million and maintained adjusted EBITDA guidance of $50 million–$55 million. It plans to exit $25 million–$30 million of low-margin APAC revenue, which management expects to have no profitability impact and may improve gross margin by 1%–2%. Positive Sentiment: Product momentum and new opportunities: Aprisa bookings rose 61% year over year, and the company launched LEO satellite integration and a quad all-outdoor radio. Aviat also received its first BEAD-related order, though management expects the program to contribute mainly in calendar 2027 and beyond. AI Generated. May Contain Errors.Conference Call Audio Live Call not available Earnings Conference CallAviat Networks Q1 202700:00 / 00:00Speed:1x1.25x1.5x2xTranscript SectionsPresentationParticipantsPresentationSkip to Participants Operator00:00:00Hello, and welcome to Aviat Networks' first quarter fiscal 2027 earnings call. At this time, all participants are in listen-only mode. A question-and-answer session will follow the formal presentation. Please note, this conference is being recorded. I will now turn the conference over to your host, Mr. Andrew Fredrickson, Vice President, Corporate Finance. Thank you. You may begin. Andrew FredricksonVP of Corporate Finance at Aviat Networks00:00:21Thank you, and welcome to Aviat Networks' first quarter fiscal 2027 results conference call and webcast. You can find our press release and updated investor presentation in the IR section of our website at www.aviatnetworks.com, along with a replay of today's call. With me today are Pete Smith, Aviat's President and CEO, who will begin with the opening remarks on the company's fiscal quarter, followed by Andy Schmidt, CFO, to review the financial results for the quarter. Pete will then provide closing remarks on Aviat's strategy and outlook. As a reminder, during today's call and webcast, management may make forward-looking statements regarding Aviat's business, including but not limited to statements relating to fiscal guidance, financial projections, business drivers, new products and expansions, and economic activity in different regions. Andrew FredricksonVP of Corporate Finance at Aviat Networks00:01:17These and other forward-looking statements reflect the company's opinion only as of the date of this call and webcast, and involve assumptions, risks, and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from those statements. Additional information on factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from the statements expressed or implied on this call can be found in our most recent filings with the SEC. The company undertakes no obligations to revise or make public any revision of these forward-looking statements in light of new information or future events. Additionally, during today's call and webcast, management will reference both GAAP and non-GAAP financial measures. Please refer to our press release, which is available in the IR section of our website at www.aviatnetworks.com, and financial tables therein, which include a GAAP to non-GAAP reconciliation and other supplemental financial information. Andrew FredricksonVP of Corporate Finance at Aviat Networks00:02:17At this time, I would like to turn the call over to Aviat's President and CEO, Pete Smith. Pete? Pete SmithPresident and CEO at Aviat Networks00:02:23Thanks, Andrew. Let's review results from the first quarter. Quarterly revenues of $102.0 million. Adjusted EBITDA of $6.0 million. Non-GAAP EPS of $0.12. Strong demand with record first quarter bookings of over $150 million, up 75% YoY, and a quarterly book-to-bill ratio greater than 1.5. This demand increase resulted in our backlog growing by $70 million, or 19% from the fourth quarter of fiscal 2026. We observed significant competition for electronic component supply. To improve our priority versus hyperscalers, we paid down our accounts payable balance by $26 million. This will be critical for achieving the organic growth opportunity. As we expected, our fiscal 2027 is shaping up to be an exciting year with meaningful organic growth opportunities. Let's start with an update on our MDU opportunity. Pete SmithPresident and CEO at Aviat Networks00:03:30Demand from our Tier 1 customer is shaping up to be the largest program in Aviat's history. As we previously disclosed in September, we received an additional follow-on order in the range of $35 million-$40 million. We've also received subsequent orders and remain actively engaged with the customer regarding additional orders for more markets, as well as additional services Aviat can offer. Moving on to our Aprisa products, including our Aprisa Cellular Router. The overall Aprisa portfolio saw its bookings increase by 61% versus the year-ago period. This kind of demand growth is exciting and shows the progress we're making with our utility customers. We have also been investing in our portfolio with two major product announcements in the quarter. First was the launch of our low Earth orbit, or LEO, satellite integration solution for microwave backhaul and cellular mobility applications. Pete SmithPresident and CEO at Aviat Networks00:04:35Leveraging our Aprisa router and ProVision Plus management, we've designed a solution that integrates data plane and network management to provide one-screen visibility, as well as seamless failover to and from LEO satellite, microwave, and cellular links. This solution helps customers keep critical sites, vehicles, and services connected when their terrestrial wireless networks are unavailable, degraded, or difficult to restore. Network uptime and reliability is the most critical metric tracked by public safety and mission-critical infrastructure customers, and Aviat's LEO integration delivers significant benefits in this area. Second, in the quarter, we launched the industry's only quad all-outdoor radio, four microwave channels in a single compact device. This solution has fewer boxes and better performance than competitive solutions, allowing smaller antennas, longer paths, and more reliability. Let's touch on BEAD. We continue to see this program as mainly a calendar 2027 and beyond event. Pete SmithPresident and CEO at Aviat Networks00:05:50However, we do have incrementally positive news to share. Aviat has received its first order related to BEAD from customers after many years since the legislation has passed. It's good to see these projects coming to reality. Note that all 56 states and territories have now received the final approval from the NTIA. We are excited to build out these critical rural broadband networks. Turning to our supply chain. As we discussed last quarter, and like others in the technology hardware space, we dealt with continued component shortages and cost inflation in the quarter. Additionally, we also had a flooding event in Thailand impact our contract manufacturer. Together, these challenges created a headwind to revenue and margins in the quarter. Pete SmithPresident and CEO at Aviat Networks00:06:42Although we do not see these component issues going away in the near term, we are committed to minimizing the financial impact to the company and its shareholders to the extent possible. We have taken pricing action where necessary to offset rising costs and are continuing to review where more price is needed. Since the close of the first quarter, we have been unable to agree on price with some low-margin customers. As a result, we will remove approximately $25 million-$30 million of revenue from our plan going forward. Note, we believe this will have no impact to our profitability. We believe this will create a stronger and more profitable Aviat over time. With that, I will turn the call over to Andy to go through financial results. Andy SchmidtCFO at Aviat Networks00:07:32Thanks, Pete. I will review some of the key fiscal year 2027 first quarter results. Please note that our detailed financials can be found in our press release, and all comparisons discussed are between the first quarter of fiscal year 2027 and the first quarter of fiscal year 2026, unless otherwise noted. For the first quarter, we reported total revenues of $102 million, as compared with $107.3 million for the same period last year. North America, which comprised 48.3% of our total revenues for the quarter, was $49.2 million. International revenues, which made up 51.7% of total revenues, were $52.7 million for the quarter. EMEA showed solid results with continued growth YoY. Sales in the region grew 9% compared with the first quarter of fiscal 2026. Gross margins in the first quarter were 29.6% on both a GAAP and non-GAAP basis. Andy SchmidtCFO at Aviat Networks00:08:37This compares to 33.2% GAAP and 33.8% non-GAAP in the prior year. The YoY change in gross margin was driven by regional and product mix, as well as component shortages and associated price inflation. First quarter GAAP operating expenses were $29.3 million. Non-GAAP operating expenses, which exclude the impact of restructuring charges, share-based compensation, and other costs, were $26.2 million. This is versus $30.5 million GAAP and $28.4 million non-GAAP in fiscal 2026 for first quarter, a decrease of $1.2 million and $2.1 million respectively. As mentioned in previous calls, Aviat relentlessly assesses its expense base and takes out costs based on corporate needs and driving process efficiency. The decrease in operating expense YoY is beneficial for our shareholders and sets us up for increased profitability in quarters ahead. Andy SchmidtCFO at Aviat Networks00:09:46First quarter operating income was $0.9 million on a GAAP basis and $3.9 million on a non-GAAP basis. This compares to $5.2 million GAAP and $7.9 million non-GAAP in the year ago period. The first quarter non-GAAP tax provision was $0.5 million. While the company reported a pre-tax GAAP loss for the quarter, the loss was concentrated in jurisdictions where tax benefits are not currently recognized due to valuation allowances. As a result, those losses did not reduce the company's tax provision. At the same time, profitability jurisdictions generated taxable income and associated tax expense. The combination of these factors resulted in income tax expense for the quarter despite the company's overall pre-tax loss. Andy SchmidtCFO at Aviat Networks00:10:40As a reminder, as of fiscal 2026 year-end, the company had over $420 million of net operating losses, or NOLs, that will continue to generate shareholder value via minimal cash tax payments for the foreseeable future. First quarter GAAP net loss was $2.8 million, and non-GAAP net income was a positive $1.5 million, which excludes restructuring charges, depreciations and amortization, share-based compensation, interest and other income, and other non-recurring expenses, and non-cash tax provision. First quarter GAAP loss per share was $0.22 on a fully diluted basis, and non-GAAP earnings per share came in at $0.12 on a fully diluted basis. Adjusted EBITDA for the first quarter was $6 million, or 5.9% of revenues. Moving on to the balance sheet. Our cash and marketable securities at the end of the fourth quarter were $55.4 million. Andy SchmidtCFO at Aviat Networks00:11:43Our outstanding debt was $85.9 million, bringing the net debt position to $30.5 million. Aviat continues to make improvements in its balance sheet, both in terms of assets and liabilities. Unbilled receivables were lower for the fourth consecutive quarter. The first quarter balance was $7 million lower compared to the fiscal 2026 fourth quarter ending balance. This brings our total unbilled receivables balance to $75.1 million, which is the lowest balance since fiscal 2024. Accounts receivable continued to decline and decrease by $16.3 million as compared to fiscal 2026 fourth quarter, and in the light of a Q4 seasonally high sales quarter. Inventories were also lower sequentially by $2.8 million, bringing our inventory balance to $66.3 million. Andy SchmidtCFO at Aviat Networks00:12:40In terms of liabilities, we strategically reduced our accounts payable by $26.2 million, focused on managing our pricing, product availability, and overall account management of critical vendors. In consideration of our balance sheet improvements, our net cash from operating activities was a $6.3 million use of cash. However, taking into account our strategic reduction of accounts payable, we were significantly cash flow positive from an operating perspective. With that, we will turn it back to Pete for some final comments. Pete? Pete SmithPresident and CEO at Aviat Networks00:13:17Thanks, Andy. We are encouraged by the demand we see from our customers. Given the strong demand and the electronic component environment, we are adjusting our guidance as follows: full-year revenues to be in the range of $450 million-$475 million, full-year Adjusted EBITDA to be in the range of $50 million-$55 million. We leave the midpoint of the revenue guidance unchanged and increase the overall range of our revenue guidance. As shown by our strong bookings, we have the demand to support the upper end of the range. However, the lower end of the range of guidance, we are contending with supply chain shortages and the customer rationalization. Taken together, we left the profitability guidance unchanged as we see the customer rationalization being a net positive to our profitability metrics. With that, operator, let us open up for questions. Operator00:14:14Thank you. At this time, we will conduct the question-and-answer session. As a reminder, to ask a question, you will need to press star one one on your telephone and wait for your name to be announced. To withdraw your question, please press star one one again. Please stand by while we compile the Q&A roster. Our first question comes from Jaeson Schmidt with Lake Street. Please go ahead. Jaeson SchmidtAnalyst at Lake Street00:14:38Hey, guys. Thanks for taking my questions. Just regarding the lower margin business you are walking away from, is that concentrated amongst a few customers, or is it more broad-based? And I guess relatedly, could you talk about what geographies this was primarily in? Pete SmithPresident and CEO at Aviat Networks00:14:59Jaeson, this would be in APAC, and it is a limited number of customers. Jaeson SchmidtAnalyst at Lake Street00:15:07Got you. That is really helpful. And then I am sorry, Pete. Go ahead. Pete SmithPresident and CEO at Aviat Networks00:15:11No, no. Ask your follow-up. Go ahead. Jaeson SchmidtAnalyst at Lake Street00:15:15Yeah, just on the MDU opportunity, obviously it sounds like it is tracking better than what you expected, but when could you see additional orders here? And you guys were obviously proactive this past quarter on the supply chain front, but would there be any issues with meeting additional demand here? Pete SmithPresident and CEO at Aviat Networks00:15:40There is more demand for the products, there is more demand for the services than we booked, and what is really the gating item is on the component availability and our ability to get base stations and terminals to the field and do the services work. So, in our opening remarks about our book-to-bill ratio and our incredibly high backlog, we do not factor in the demand that we have not landed due to the constraints from the electronic components. I would say, and this is a little bit amorphous, the demand environment for the MDU is greater than what we have recorded, and when we have improved component availability, then we think we can capture that additional upside. Jaeson SchmidtAnalyst at Lake Street00:16:51Got you. That makes sense. I will jump back in the queue. Thanks a lot. Pete SmithPresident and CEO at Aviat Networks00:16:54Thanks. Operator00:16:57Thank you. Our next question comes from Christian Schwab with Craig-Hallum. Please go ahead. Ben TaxdahlAnalyst at Craig-Hallum00:17:04Hey, guys. It's Ben Taxdahl. I'm here for Christian Schwab. Just going back to that MDU order and some upside, would that be revenue that's recognized in this fiscal year or next fiscal year? Then my follow-up to that would be, if you get more orders from this Tier 1, could we see upside to guide? Pete SmithPresident and CEO at Aviat Networks00:17:32Okay. We announced in June orders between 25 and 30. In September, we announced 35 to 40. The upside would come from services, and the upside would come from component availability. The way to break that down is the June 2026 announcement, I believe that all of that will ship in our FY 2026. The September 2026, we would like it to land in this fiscal year, but given component availability, there could be some slippage into the July through September quarter, which would be Q1 FY 2028. Yeah, sorry for my numbering. Then in between now and then, we do significant amount of services to make sure things like line of sight are solved, and the faster we can deploy hardware, the faster we can capture services. Pete SmithPresident and CEO at Aviat Networks00:18:52With that said, if you look to the Tier 1's earnings call, you'll note that the importance to that Tier 1's overall strategy. We're pretty comfortable saying that there's more demand than the component shortages permit us to serve. Ben TaxdahlAnalyst at Craig-Hallum00:19:18Perfect. Thanks. Then just one more on BEAD. It is good to see we are finally seeing some BEAD order come in. Can you just talk about what you think, it sounds like it is mainly going to be calendar 2027. Can you just talk about what you think the total opportunity for BEAD would be? Pete SmithPresident and CEO at Aviat Networks00:19:43Well, I think it could be a couple percent growth for Aviat when it hits its peak. And what we would say we are struggling with is that how soon do we get to the peak, and we are happy that we have got a few POs. We see it ramping in the Q1, Q2 order, but how it gets to be a couple percent top line growth for us, it is a little bit too early for us to estimate. Ben TaxdahlAnalyst at Craig-Hallum00:20:19All right. That is all I got. Thanks, guys. Operator00:20:24Thank you. Our next question comes from Scott Searle with Roth Capital Partners. Please go ahead. Scott SearleAnalyst at Roth Capital Partners00:20:31Hey, good morning. Thanks for taking the questions. Hey, Pete, just want to make sure to clarify, in terms of the removal of the $25 million-$30 million of low margin revenue, I want to just clarify that the comparable prior guidance for FY 2026 would have been $475 million-$500 million. Want to clarify that number. Then in terms of the impact and the timing of that, what do we expect from gross margins then going forward, the benefit of that, and do we see any impact in the September quarter, or is it just going to be going forward? Pete SmithPresident and CEO at Aviat Networks00:21:02Andy will do the gross margin, then I'll come back to the revenue. Andy SchmidtCFO at Aviat Networks00:21:06Hey, Scott. Good hearing from you. Let's just talk about where we sat today. Consensus had us at about 31.7% gross margin, and we came in at 29.6%, so about 210 basis point difference. Essentially, 170 basis points are related to the expediting dynamic we just ran into. Again, when we're talking expediting, it's the shortages of certain key components across various vendors, which case we're competing in the marketplace for short-term buys. As we mentioned, we've taken actions to actually solidify our buying activity since the reduction in AP. Pete talked to pricing elements that are going to come into play. Make no mistake, there's only certain components to which case we're seeing the expediting. We're taking action on other components in terms of reducing cost to offset that. So, we have a whole slew of different activities to address the gross margin dynamic in general. Andy SchmidtCFO at Aviat Networks00:22:06Now, that's going to come into play incrementally over the next number of quarters, just rationally. As we work on pricing, we can change prices, which we do, but they don't necessarily take effect until upcoming quarters based on buying patterns, right? Same thing with components. We have existing inventory of components at a certain cost. As we reduce costs, those will come into play in future quarters, right? So that's kind of a general on the business as it works as normal. Now, when it comes in low-cost geos, as we cut out all these geos, that happens instantly. What we're looking at right now in these geos, especially in the current dynamic and the cost dynamic, that can increase gross margins by 1%-2% just by exiting those geos. So it's an amazing offset to the revenue. Andy SchmidtCFO at Aviat Networks00:22:58We can see a revenue decline while seeing increasing gross margin and actually increased EBITDA. It just makes good business sense to actually be addressing this in the current allocation environment. Pete SmithPresident and CEO at Aviat Networks00:23:11Scott, let me jump in on the revenue. Our previous range was $455 million-$470 million. Our new range is $450 million-$475 million. If we didn't have this rationalization of customers, you could add the $25 million-$30 million on the old, but we see that this is an opportunity for us. We see this as an opportunity to drive gross margin and efficiency into the business given our demand environment. The put and take on the range that we have now, $450 million, $475 million, it's really component availability. We- Scott SearleAnalyst at Roth Capital Partners00:24:00Thank you. Very helpful. Pete SmithPresident and CEO at Aviat Networks00:24:01Yeah. Very good. That's why the payables going down by $26 million because we've basically used that cash to secure supply ahead of time. Scott SearleAnalyst at Roth Capital Partners00:24:20Perfect. Thank you. Pete SmithPresident and CEO at Aviat Networks00:24:21Thank you. Scott SearleAnalyst at Roth Capital Partners00:24:21Pete, I'm not sure, did you mention a timeline when the MDU opportunity will actually ramp given those constraints? I'm wondering from a high level, a lot of discussion within the industry about SpaceX and becoming a fourth terrestrial MNO. Implications, what you're hearing or expectations are on that front, and the implications for wireless backhaul and transmission. Thanks. Pete SmithPresident and CEO at Aviat Networks00:24:45We think the MDU will be in full-on ramp in the March quarter. On the difficult to decipher, do we have a fourth network provider? We think that if the backhaul connectivity is fiber, that's neutral to us. If they wind up buying the previously announced and now defunct fourth carrier, we were one of two vendors who were qualified with DISH. We think that that would be positive for Aviat. What we're also doing is we see where is the technical problem. We think it's at the edge of the terrestrial network as it goes over into the low Earth orbit, and our software solutions are increasingly focused on solving that problem at the edge of the terrestrial network. Should SpaceX decide to become the fourth carrier, we're super well-positioned to help solve the seamlessness that I think that they're advertising. Scott SearleAnalyst at Roth Capital Partners00:26:11Okay. Great. Thanks so much, guys. Operator00:26:16Thank you. Our next question comes from Theodore O'Neill with Litchfield Hills Research. Please go ahead. Theodore O'NeillAnalyst at Litchfield Hills Research00:26:23Yeah, thanks very much. My first question is about data centers, sort of in general, but specifically, if there's a revenue component for you out of data center business, and/or is data center buying crowding out some of the components that you're trying to access? Pete SmithPresident and CEO at Aviat Networks00:26:45Yeah. Okay. The data center, the bandwidth in and out of data centers is on terabits per second and beyond the typical microwave case. We can see some backup disaster recovery. We have little to no revenue from data center. We imagine that AI ramps up, that transmission needs will happen, which would be positive for microwave. With respect to electronic component competition with what we call, or the industry calls the hyperscalers, that is definitively real, and that's really why we've decided to leverage our balance sheet and try and secure as many components as possible. Our demand is largely, if not completely independent of data centers, and our supply is in competition. We don't have a demand problem right now. We have a supply and a competition for supply with the hyperscalers. Theodore O'NeillAnalyst at Litchfield Hills Research00:28:05To follow up on that, on this paydown on payables, is that because the suppliers are saying that if you pay cash, you can get the front of the line, or is there some other dynamic going on? Pete SmithPresident and CEO at Aviat Networks00:28:20Yeah, it improves the allocation from the supply base. Theodore O'NeillAnalyst at Litchfield Hills Research00:28:25Great. Following up on the last question about SpaceX, would you agree that if there is a fourth carrier, that that will spur some more competition and it should be good overall for your business in general? Pete SmithPresident and CEO at Aviat Networks00:28:43I think it will be good if they build out the backhaul connectivity with microwave. I would say secondly, if they pick up the old DISH assets, that would be good. If they deliver on their seamless crossover from terrestrial to low Earth orbit, that will be good. What would be neutral for us would be if they decide to use a disproportionate amount of fiber, which it- Theodore O'NeillAnalyst at Litchfield Hills Research00:29:19Okay. Pete SmithPresident and CEO at Aviat Networks00:29:19The advantage microwave has is we're faster to deploy, and as population density falls off, the value proposition for microwave increases. Theodore O'NeillAnalyst at Litchfield Hills Research00:29:31Right. Okay, thanks very much. Operator00:29:35Thank you. Our next question comes from Tim Savageaux with Northland Capital Markets. Please go ahead. Tim SavageauxAnalyst at Northland Capital Markets00:29:46Hi, good morning. Pete SmithPresident and CEO at Aviat Networks00:29:47Hey, Tim. Tim SavageauxAnalyst at Northland Capital Markets00:29:49I want to come back to that SpaceX question, I guess from a similar angle, which is to say, could we be seeing a dynamic where just kind of the headlines and the activity are driving an uptick in activity amongst your core customer base, both on the Tier 1 side and on the rural side? It seems like those dynamics are possible. You are talking about an initial BEAD order. Probably a coincidence, it has been long enough. But Verizon's activity really seems to have picked up. Have you noted that dynamic at all across your business, number one? And then number two, I think you sized that Tier 1 MDU opportunity at $100 million plus annually in total. Is that still the case? And how are you feeling about your share potential there? Pete SmithPresident and CEO at Aviat Networks00:30:47Yeah. I would confirm the sizing for the MDU opportunity. I think if we were not throttled by component availability, I would be likely to raise the size of opportunity. I believe that we are in the lead position with respect to supply. With respect to competitive response to SpaceX, it is a really good question, and I do not have any evidence to say that the BEAD funding or rural broadband customers are responding to SpaceX. I think it is business as usual. And I cannot make that discernment for tier 1s. But what I can say is that our private network customers, and we announced the LEO backhaul and mobility software suite, the private network customers that really care about mission criticality, when you go past the edge of the terrestrial network, they want solutions that will allow them to cross over. Pete SmithPresident and CEO at Aviat Networks00:32:09We are seeing a lot more interest from our private network customers who operate at the edge. And to put the specific color on that would not be, say, New York City, but it could be in rural Arizona as you go, say you drive on the country roads up near the Grand Canyon where you do not have terrestrial connectivity. So we are definitively seeing that from public safety customers who operate at the extreme edge of the network. Tim SavageauxAnalyst at Northland Capital Markets00:32:52Interesting. Thanks. You mentioned some subsequent orders on the MDU program. Is there anything to quantify there that is material from your kind of initial announcements of the two big orders? Pete SmithPresident and CEO at Aviat Networks00:33:05I do not think we are ready to announce that. I think we need to deliver on what we have in front of us. I think what could possibly happen is as we deliver, I think we will get more services in the mix. If we do that, I think we could update you guys in the February call. Tim SavageauxAnalyst at Northland Capital Markets00:33:32Okay. Thanks very much. Operator00:33:35Thank you. Our next question comes from Dave Kang with B. Riley. Please go ahead. Dave KangAnalyst at B. Riley00:33:43Thank you. Good morning. First question regarding international service providers. You talked about CapEx timing. Just if you can provide additional color on that. Is it mainly India or any other customers? Pete SmithPresident and CEO at Aviat Networks00:33:59Yeah. It is in APAC, and you have a good guess, Dave. What I would like to say to just take a little time on this. So yeah, the rationalization is in APAC, and you properly guessed the lead country there. With respect to our bookings on a YoY basis, we are up every place where we are not rationalizing customers. So North America, Latin America, Europe, the Middle East, and Africa, we are up on a YoY basis. Dave KangAnalyst at B. Riley00:34:41Got it. You talked about supply chain component availability. Just wondering if you can quantify how much of revenue that was impacted during the quarter. Andy SchmidtCFO at Aviat Networks00:34:58Sure. So when we look overall, we had two, let us say, macro items affecting us this quarter in revenue. One was the component shortage, the other one was the Thailand flood. Again, thumb in the air, this is not perfectly accurate, but we look at the two together at about $10 million on revenue, and let us say Thailand is going to be much smaller, maybe two. So let us call it eight on components. But that is an estimate in terms of availability, because obviously if we had those components, we still have to deliver. But we were definitely hamstrung by both items. Dave KangAnalyst at B. Riley00:35:35Got it. Thank you. Operator00:35:39Thank you. This concludes the question and answer session. I would now like to turn it back to Pete Smith for closing remarks. Pete SmithPresident and CEO at Aviat Networks00:35:46Well, look, it is an exciting demand environment, and it is a challenging electronic component availability. The leadership of Aviat will be overly indexed on sorting out the electronic component supply, and we look forward to 90 days from now giving you an update on our progress. Thanks. Operator00:36:13Thank you for your participation in today's conference. This concludes the program. You may now disconnect.Read moreParticipantsExecutivesAndrew FredricksonVP of Corporate FinancePete SmithPresident and CEOAndy SchmidtCFOAnalystsJaeson SchmidtAnalyst at Lake StreetBen TaxdahlAnalyst at Craig-HallumScott SearleAnalyst at Roth Capital PartnersTheodore O'NeillAnalyst at Litchfield Hills ResearchTim SavageauxAnalyst at Northland Capital MarketsDave KangAnalyst at B. 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PresentationSkip to Participants Operator00:00:00Hello, and welcome to Aviat Networks' first quarter fiscal 2027 earnings call. At this time, all participants are in listen-only mode. A question-and-answer session will follow the formal presentation. Please note, this conference is being recorded. I will now turn the conference over to your host, Mr. Andrew Fredrickson, Vice President, Corporate Finance. Thank you. You may begin. Andrew FredricksonVP of Corporate Finance at Aviat Networks00:00:21Thank you, and welcome to Aviat Networks' first quarter fiscal 2027 results conference call and webcast. You can find our press release and updated investor presentation in the IR section of our website at www.aviatnetworks.com, along with a replay of today's call. With me today are Pete Smith, Aviat's President and CEO, who will begin with the opening remarks on the company's fiscal quarter, followed by Andy Schmidt, CFO, to review the financial results for the quarter. Pete will then provide closing remarks on Aviat's strategy and outlook. As a reminder, during today's call and webcast, management may make forward-looking statements regarding Aviat's business, including but not limited to statements relating to fiscal guidance, financial projections, business drivers, new products and expansions, and economic activity in different regions. Andrew FredricksonVP of Corporate Finance at Aviat Networks00:01:17These and other forward-looking statements reflect the company's opinion only as of the date of this call and webcast, and involve assumptions, risks, and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from those statements. Additional information on factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from the statements expressed or implied on this call can be found in our most recent filings with the SEC. The company undertakes no obligations to revise or make public any revision of these forward-looking statements in light of new information or future events. Additionally, during today's call and webcast, management will reference both GAAP and non-GAAP financial measures. Please refer to our press release, which is available in the IR section of our website at www.aviatnetworks.com, and financial tables therein, which include a GAAP to non-GAAP reconciliation and other supplemental financial information. Andrew FredricksonVP of Corporate Finance at Aviat Networks00:02:17At this time, I would like to turn the call over to Aviat's President and CEO, Pete Smith. Pete? Pete SmithPresident and CEO at Aviat Networks00:02:23Thanks, Andrew. Let's review results from the first quarter. Quarterly revenues of $102.0 million. Adjusted EBITDA of $6.0 million. Non-GAAP EPS of $0.12. Strong demand with record first quarter bookings of over $150 million, up 75% YoY, and a quarterly book-to-bill ratio greater than 1.5. This demand increase resulted in our backlog growing by $70 million, or 19% from the fourth quarter of fiscal 2026. We observed significant competition for electronic component supply. To improve our priority versus hyperscalers, we paid down our accounts payable balance by $26 million. This will be critical for achieving the organic growth opportunity. As we expected, our fiscal 2027 is shaping up to be an exciting year with meaningful organic growth opportunities. Let's start with an update on our MDU opportunity. Pete SmithPresident and CEO at Aviat Networks00:03:30Demand from our Tier 1 customer is shaping up to be the largest program in Aviat's history. As we previously disclosed in September, we received an additional follow-on order in the range of $35 million-$40 million. We've also received subsequent orders and remain actively engaged with the customer regarding additional orders for more markets, as well as additional services Aviat can offer. Moving on to our Aprisa products, including our Aprisa Cellular Router. The overall Aprisa portfolio saw its bookings increase by 61% versus the year-ago period. This kind of demand growth is exciting and shows the progress we're making with our utility customers. We have also been investing in our portfolio with two major product announcements in the quarter. First was the launch of our low Earth orbit, or LEO, satellite integration solution for microwave backhaul and cellular mobility applications. Pete SmithPresident and CEO at Aviat Networks00:04:35Leveraging our Aprisa router and ProVision Plus management, we've designed a solution that integrates data plane and network management to provide one-screen visibility, as well as seamless failover to and from LEO satellite, microwave, and cellular links. This solution helps customers keep critical sites, vehicles, and services connected when their terrestrial wireless networks are unavailable, degraded, or difficult to restore. Network uptime and reliability is the most critical metric tracked by public safety and mission-critical infrastructure customers, and Aviat's LEO integration delivers significant benefits in this area. Second, in the quarter, we launched the industry's only quad all-outdoor radio, four microwave channels in a single compact device. This solution has fewer boxes and better performance than competitive solutions, allowing smaller antennas, longer paths, and more reliability. Let's touch on BEAD. We continue to see this program as mainly a calendar 2027 and beyond event. Pete SmithPresident and CEO at Aviat Networks00:05:50However, we do have incrementally positive news to share. Aviat has received its first order related to BEAD from customers after many years since the legislation has passed. It's good to see these projects coming to reality. Note that all 56 states and territories have now received the final approval from the NTIA. We are excited to build out these critical rural broadband networks. Turning to our supply chain. As we discussed last quarter, and like others in the technology hardware space, we dealt with continued component shortages and cost inflation in the quarter. Additionally, we also had a flooding event in Thailand impact our contract manufacturer. Together, these challenges created a headwind to revenue and margins in the quarter. Pete SmithPresident and CEO at Aviat Networks00:06:42Although we do not see these component issues going away in the near term, we are committed to minimizing the financial impact to the company and its shareholders to the extent possible. We have taken pricing action where necessary to offset rising costs and are continuing to review where more price is needed. Since the close of the first quarter, we have been unable to agree on price with some low-margin customers. As a result, we will remove approximately $25 million-$30 million of revenue from our plan going forward. Note, we believe this will have no impact to our profitability. We believe this will create a stronger and more profitable Aviat over time. With that, I will turn the call over to Andy to go through financial results. Andy SchmidtCFO at Aviat Networks00:07:32Thanks, Pete. I will review some of the key fiscal year 2027 first quarter results. Please note that our detailed financials can be found in our press release, and all comparisons discussed are between the first quarter of fiscal year 2027 and the first quarter of fiscal year 2026, unless otherwise noted. For the first quarter, we reported total revenues of $102 million, as compared with $107.3 million for the same period last year. North America, which comprised 48.3% of our total revenues for the quarter, was $49.2 million. International revenues, which made up 51.7% of total revenues, were $52.7 million for the quarter. EMEA showed solid results with continued growth YoY. Sales in the region grew 9% compared with the first quarter of fiscal 2026. Gross margins in the first quarter were 29.6% on both a GAAP and non-GAAP basis. Andy SchmidtCFO at Aviat Networks00:08:37This compares to 33.2% GAAP and 33.8% non-GAAP in the prior year. The YoY change in gross margin was driven by regional and product mix, as well as component shortages and associated price inflation. First quarter GAAP operating expenses were $29.3 million. Non-GAAP operating expenses, which exclude the impact of restructuring charges, share-based compensation, and other costs, were $26.2 million. This is versus $30.5 million GAAP and $28.4 million non-GAAP in fiscal 2026 for first quarter, a decrease of $1.2 million and $2.1 million respectively. As mentioned in previous calls, Aviat relentlessly assesses its expense base and takes out costs based on corporate needs and driving process efficiency. The decrease in operating expense YoY is beneficial for our shareholders and sets us up for increased profitability in quarters ahead. Andy SchmidtCFO at Aviat Networks00:09:46First quarter operating income was $0.9 million on a GAAP basis and $3.9 million on a non-GAAP basis. This compares to $5.2 million GAAP and $7.9 million non-GAAP in the year ago period. The first quarter non-GAAP tax provision was $0.5 million. While the company reported a pre-tax GAAP loss for the quarter, the loss was concentrated in jurisdictions where tax benefits are not currently recognized due to valuation allowances. As a result, those losses did not reduce the company's tax provision. At the same time, profitability jurisdictions generated taxable income and associated tax expense. The combination of these factors resulted in income tax expense for the quarter despite the company's overall pre-tax loss. Andy SchmidtCFO at Aviat Networks00:10:40As a reminder, as of fiscal 2026 year-end, the company had over $420 million of net operating losses, or NOLs, that will continue to generate shareholder value via minimal cash tax payments for the foreseeable future. First quarter GAAP net loss was $2.8 million, and non-GAAP net income was a positive $1.5 million, which excludes restructuring charges, depreciations and amortization, share-based compensation, interest and other income, and other non-recurring expenses, and non-cash tax provision. First quarter GAAP loss per share was $0.22 on a fully diluted basis, and non-GAAP earnings per share came in at $0.12 on a fully diluted basis. Adjusted EBITDA for the first quarter was $6 million, or 5.9% of revenues. Moving on to the balance sheet. Our cash and marketable securities at the end of the fourth quarter were $55.4 million. Andy SchmidtCFO at Aviat Networks00:11:43Our outstanding debt was $85.9 million, bringing the net debt position to $30.5 million. Aviat continues to make improvements in its balance sheet, both in terms of assets and liabilities. Unbilled receivables were lower for the fourth consecutive quarter. The first quarter balance was $7 million lower compared to the fiscal 2026 fourth quarter ending balance. This brings our total unbilled receivables balance to $75.1 million, which is the lowest balance since fiscal 2024. Accounts receivable continued to decline and decrease by $16.3 million as compared to fiscal 2026 fourth quarter, and in the light of a Q4 seasonally high sales quarter. Inventories were also lower sequentially by $2.8 million, bringing our inventory balance to $66.3 million. Andy SchmidtCFO at Aviat Networks00:12:40In terms of liabilities, we strategically reduced our accounts payable by $26.2 million, focused on managing our pricing, product availability, and overall account management of critical vendors. In consideration of our balance sheet improvements, our net cash from operating activities was a $6.3 million use of cash. However, taking into account our strategic reduction of accounts payable, we were significantly cash flow positive from an operating perspective. With that, we will turn it back to Pete for some final comments. Pete? Pete SmithPresident and CEO at Aviat Networks00:13:17Thanks, Andy. We are encouraged by the demand we see from our customers. Given the strong demand and the electronic component environment, we are adjusting our guidance as follows: full-year revenues to be in the range of $450 million-$475 million, full-year Adjusted EBITDA to be in the range of $50 million-$55 million. We leave the midpoint of the revenue guidance unchanged and increase the overall range of our revenue guidance. As shown by our strong bookings, we have the demand to support the upper end of the range. However, the lower end of the range of guidance, we are contending with supply chain shortages and the customer rationalization. Taken together, we left the profitability guidance unchanged as we see the customer rationalization being a net positive to our profitability metrics. With that, operator, let us open up for questions. Operator00:14:14Thank you. At this time, we will conduct the question-and-answer session. As a reminder, to ask a question, you will need to press star one one on your telephone and wait for your name to be announced. To withdraw your question, please press star one one again. Please stand by while we compile the Q&A roster. Our first question comes from Jaeson Schmidt with Lake Street. Please go ahead. Jaeson SchmidtAnalyst at Lake Street00:14:38Hey, guys. Thanks for taking my questions. Just regarding the lower margin business you are walking away from, is that concentrated amongst a few customers, or is it more broad-based? And I guess relatedly, could you talk about what geographies this was primarily in? Pete SmithPresident and CEO at Aviat Networks00:14:59Jaeson, this would be in APAC, and it is a limited number of customers. Jaeson SchmidtAnalyst at Lake Street00:15:07Got you. That is really helpful. And then I am sorry, Pete. Go ahead. Pete SmithPresident and CEO at Aviat Networks00:15:11No, no. Ask your follow-up. Go ahead. Jaeson SchmidtAnalyst at Lake Street00:15:15Yeah, just on the MDU opportunity, obviously it sounds like it is tracking better than what you expected, but when could you see additional orders here? And you guys were obviously proactive this past quarter on the supply chain front, but would there be any issues with meeting additional demand here? Pete SmithPresident and CEO at Aviat Networks00:15:40There is more demand for the products, there is more demand for the services than we booked, and what is really the gating item is on the component availability and our ability to get base stations and terminals to the field and do the services work. So, in our opening remarks about our book-to-bill ratio and our incredibly high backlog, we do not factor in the demand that we have not landed due to the constraints from the electronic components. I would say, and this is a little bit amorphous, the demand environment for the MDU is greater than what we have recorded, and when we have improved component availability, then we think we can capture that additional upside. Jaeson SchmidtAnalyst at Lake Street00:16:51Got you. That makes sense. I will jump back in the queue. Thanks a lot. Pete SmithPresident and CEO at Aviat Networks00:16:54Thanks. Operator00:16:57Thank you. Our next question comes from Christian Schwab with Craig-Hallum. Please go ahead. Ben TaxdahlAnalyst at Craig-Hallum00:17:04Hey, guys. It's Ben Taxdahl. I'm here for Christian Schwab. Just going back to that MDU order and some upside, would that be revenue that's recognized in this fiscal year or next fiscal year? Then my follow-up to that would be, if you get more orders from this Tier 1, could we see upside to guide? Pete SmithPresident and CEO at Aviat Networks00:17:32Okay. We announced in June orders between 25 and 30. In September, we announced 35 to 40. The upside would come from services, and the upside would come from component availability. The way to break that down is the June 2026 announcement, I believe that all of that will ship in our FY 2026. The September 2026, we would like it to land in this fiscal year, but given component availability, there could be some slippage into the July through September quarter, which would be Q1 FY 2028. Yeah, sorry for my numbering. Then in between now and then, we do significant amount of services to make sure things like line of sight are solved, and the faster we can deploy hardware, the faster we can capture services. Pete SmithPresident and CEO at Aviat Networks00:18:52With that said, if you look to the Tier 1's earnings call, you'll note that the importance to that Tier 1's overall strategy. We're pretty comfortable saying that there's more demand than the component shortages permit us to serve. Ben TaxdahlAnalyst at Craig-Hallum00:19:18Perfect. Thanks. Then just one more on BEAD. It is good to see we are finally seeing some BEAD order come in. Can you just talk about what you think, it sounds like it is mainly going to be calendar 2027. Can you just talk about what you think the total opportunity for BEAD would be? Pete SmithPresident and CEO at Aviat Networks00:19:43Well, I think it could be a couple percent growth for Aviat when it hits its peak. And what we would say we are struggling with is that how soon do we get to the peak, and we are happy that we have got a few POs. We see it ramping in the Q1, Q2 order, but how it gets to be a couple percent top line growth for us, it is a little bit too early for us to estimate. Ben TaxdahlAnalyst at Craig-Hallum00:20:19All right. That is all I got. Thanks, guys. Operator00:20:24Thank you. Our next question comes from Scott Searle with Roth Capital Partners. Please go ahead. Scott SearleAnalyst at Roth Capital Partners00:20:31Hey, good morning. Thanks for taking the questions. Hey, Pete, just want to make sure to clarify, in terms of the removal of the $25 million-$30 million of low margin revenue, I want to just clarify that the comparable prior guidance for FY 2026 would have been $475 million-$500 million. Want to clarify that number. Then in terms of the impact and the timing of that, what do we expect from gross margins then going forward, the benefit of that, and do we see any impact in the September quarter, or is it just going to be going forward? Pete SmithPresident and CEO at Aviat Networks00:21:02Andy will do the gross margin, then I'll come back to the revenue. Andy SchmidtCFO at Aviat Networks00:21:06Hey, Scott. Good hearing from you. Let's just talk about where we sat today. Consensus had us at about 31.7% gross margin, and we came in at 29.6%, so about 210 basis point difference. Essentially, 170 basis points are related to the expediting dynamic we just ran into. Again, when we're talking expediting, it's the shortages of certain key components across various vendors, which case we're competing in the marketplace for short-term buys. As we mentioned, we've taken actions to actually solidify our buying activity since the reduction in AP. Pete talked to pricing elements that are going to come into play. Make no mistake, there's only certain components to which case we're seeing the expediting. We're taking action on other components in terms of reducing cost to offset that. So, we have a whole slew of different activities to address the gross margin dynamic in general. Andy SchmidtCFO at Aviat Networks00:22:06Now, that's going to come into play incrementally over the next number of quarters, just rationally. As we work on pricing, we can change prices, which we do, but they don't necessarily take effect until upcoming quarters based on buying patterns, right? Same thing with components. We have existing inventory of components at a certain cost. As we reduce costs, those will come into play in future quarters, right? So that's kind of a general on the business as it works as normal. Now, when it comes in low-cost geos, as we cut out all these geos, that happens instantly. What we're looking at right now in these geos, especially in the current dynamic and the cost dynamic, that can increase gross margins by 1%-2% just by exiting those geos. So it's an amazing offset to the revenue. Andy SchmidtCFO at Aviat Networks00:22:58We can see a revenue decline while seeing increasing gross margin and actually increased EBITDA. It just makes good business sense to actually be addressing this in the current allocation environment. Pete SmithPresident and CEO at Aviat Networks00:23:11Scott, let me jump in on the revenue. Our previous range was $455 million-$470 million. Our new range is $450 million-$475 million. If we didn't have this rationalization of customers, you could add the $25 million-$30 million on the old, but we see that this is an opportunity for us. We see this as an opportunity to drive gross margin and efficiency into the business given our demand environment. The put and take on the range that we have now, $450 million, $475 million, it's really component availability. We- Scott SearleAnalyst at Roth Capital Partners00:24:00Thank you. Very helpful. Pete SmithPresident and CEO at Aviat Networks00:24:01Yeah. Very good. That's why the payables going down by $26 million because we've basically used that cash to secure supply ahead of time. Scott SearleAnalyst at Roth Capital Partners00:24:20Perfect. Thank you. Pete SmithPresident and CEO at Aviat Networks00:24:21Thank you. Scott SearleAnalyst at Roth Capital Partners00:24:21Pete, I'm not sure, did you mention a timeline when the MDU opportunity will actually ramp given those constraints? I'm wondering from a high level, a lot of discussion within the industry about SpaceX and becoming a fourth terrestrial MNO. Implications, what you're hearing or expectations are on that front, and the implications for wireless backhaul and transmission. Thanks. Pete SmithPresident and CEO at Aviat Networks00:24:45We think the MDU will be in full-on ramp in the March quarter. On the difficult to decipher, do we have a fourth network provider? We think that if the backhaul connectivity is fiber, that's neutral to us. If they wind up buying the previously announced and now defunct fourth carrier, we were one of two vendors who were qualified with DISH. We think that that would be positive for Aviat. What we're also doing is we see where is the technical problem. We think it's at the edge of the terrestrial network as it goes over into the low Earth orbit, and our software solutions are increasingly focused on solving that problem at the edge of the terrestrial network. Should SpaceX decide to become the fourth carrier, we're super well-positioned to help solve the seamlessness that I think that they're advertising. Scott SearleAnalyst at Roth Capital Partners00:26:11Okay. Great. Thanks so much, guys. Operator00:26:16Thank you. Our next question comes from Theodore O'Neill with Litchfield Hills Research. Please go ahead. Theodore O'NeillAnalyst at Litchfield Hills Research00:26:23Yeah, thanks very much. My first question is about data centers, sort of in general, but specifically, if there's a revenue component for you out of data center business, and/or is data center buying crowding out some of the components that you're trying to access? Pete SmithPresident and CEO at Aviat Networks00:26:45Yeah. Okay. The data center, the bandwidth in and out of data centers is on terabits per second and beyond the typical microwave case. We can see some backup disaster recovery. We have little to no revenue from data center. We imagine that AI ramps up, that transmission needs will happen, which would be positive for microwave. With respect to electronic component competition with what we call, or the industry calls the hyperscalers, that is definitively real, and that's really why we've decided to leverage our balance sheet and try and secure as many components as possible. Our demand is largely, if not completely independent of data centers, and our supply is in competition. We don't have a demand problem right now. We have a supply and a competition for supply with the hyperscalers. Theodore O'NeillAnalyst at Litchfield Hills Research00:28:05To follow up on that, on this paydown on payables, is that because the suppliers are saying that if you pay cash, you can get the front of the line, or is there some other dynamic going on? Pete SmithPresident and CEO at Aviat Networks00:28:20Yeah, it improves the allocation from the supply base. Theodore O'NeillAnalyst at Litchfield Hills Research00:28:25Great. Following up on the last question about SpaceX, would you agree that if there is a fourth carrier, that that will spur some more competition and it should be good overall for your business in general? Pete SmithPresident and CEO at Aviat Networks00:28:43I think it will be good if they build out the backhaul connectivity with microwave. I would say secondly, if they pick up the old DISH assets, that would be good. If they deliver on their seamless crossover from terrestrial to low Earth orbit, that will be good. What would be neutral for us would be if they decide to use a disproportionate amount of fiber, which it- Theodore O'NeillAnalyst at Litchfield Hills Research00:29:19Okay. Pete SmithPresident and CEO at Aviat Networks00:29:19The advantage microwave has is we're faster to deploy, and as population density falls off, the value proposition for microwave increases. Theodore O'NeillAnalyst at Litchfield Hills Research00:29:31Right. Okay, thanks very much. Operator00:29:35Thank you. Our next question comes from Tim Savageaux with Northland Capital Markets. Please go ahead. Tim SavageauxAnalyst at Northland Capital Markets00:29:46Hi, good morning. Pete SmithPresident and CEO at Aviat Networks00:29:47Hey, Tim. Tim SavageauxAnalyst at Northland Capital Markets00:29:49I want to come back to that SpaceX question, I guess from a similar angle, which is to say, could we be seeing a dynamic where just kind of the headlines and the activity are driving an uptick in activity amongst your core customer base, both on the Tier 1 side and on the rural side? It seems like those dynamics are possible. You are talking about an initial BEAD order. Probably a coincidence, it has been long enough. But Verizon's activity really seems to have picked up. Have you noted that dynamic at all across your business, number one? And then number two, I think you sized that Tier 1 MDU opportunity at $100 million plus annually in total. Is that still the case? And how are you feeling about your share potential there? Pete SmithPresident and CEO at Aviat Networks00:30:47Yeah. I would confirm the sizing for the MDU opportunity. I think if we were not throttled by component availability, I would be likely to raise the size of opportunity. I believe that we are in the lead position with respect to supply. With respect to competitive response to SpaceX, it is a really good question, and I do not have any evidence to say that the BEAD funding or rural broadband customers are responding to SpaceX. I think it is business as usual. And I cannot make that discernment for tier 1s. But what I can say is that our private network customers, and we announced the LEO backhaul and mobility software suite, the private network customers that really care about mission criticality, when you go past the edge of the terrestrial network, they want solutions that will allow them to cross over. Pete SmithPresident and CEO at Aviat Networks00:32:09We are seeing a lot more interest from our private network customers who operate at the edge. And to put the specific color on that would not be, say, New York City, but it could be in rural Arizona as you go, say you drive on the country roads up near the Grand Canyon where you do not have terrestrial connectivity. So we are definitively seeing that from public safety customers who operate at the extreme edge of the network. Tim SavageauxAnalyst at Northland Capital Markets00:32:52Interesting. Thanks. You mentioned some subsequent orders on the MDU program. Is there anything to quantify there that is material from your kind of initial announcements of the two big orders? Pete SmithPresident and CEO at Aviat Networks00:33:05I do not think we are ready to announce that. I think we need to deliver on what we have in front of us. I think what could possibly happen is as we deliver, I think we will get more services in the mix. If we do that, I think we could update you guys in the February call. Tim SavageauxAnalyst at Northland Capital Markets00:33:32Okay. Thanks very much. Operator00:33:35Thank you. Our next question comes from Dave Kang with B. Riley. Please go ahead. Dave KangAnalyst at B. Riley00:33:43Thank you. Good morning. First question regarding international service providers. You talked about CapEx timing. Just if you can provide additional color on that. Is it mainly India or any other customers? Pete SmithPresident and CEO at Aviat Networks00:33:59Yeah. It is in APAC, and you have a good guess, Dave. What I would like to say to just take a little time on this. So yeah, the rationalization is in APAC, and you properly guessed the lead country there. With respect to our bookings on a YoY basis, we are up every place where we are not rationalizing customers. So North America, Latin America, Europe, the Middle East, and Africa, we are up on a YoY basis. Dave KangAnalyst at B. Riley00:34:41Got it. You talked about supply chain component availability. Just wondering if you can quantify how much of revenue that was impacted during the quarter. Andy SchmidtCFO at Aviat Networks00:34:58Sure. So when we look overall, we had two, let us say, macro items affecting us this quarter in revenue. One was the component shortage, the other one was the Thailand flood. Again, thumb in the air, this is not perfectly accurate, but we look at the two together at about $10 million on revenue, and let us say Thailand is going to be much smaller, maybe two. So let us call it eight on components. But that is an estimate in terms of availability, because obviously if we had those components, we still have to deliver. But we were definitely hamstrung by both items. Dave KangAnalyst at B. Riley00:35:35Got it. Thank you. Operator00:35:39Thank you. This concludes the question and answer session. I would now like to turn it back to Pete Smith for closing remarks. Pete SmithPresident and CEO at Aviat Networks00:35:46Well, look, it is an exciting demand environment, and it is a challenging electronic component availability. The leadership of Aviat will be overly indexed on sorting out the electronic component supply, and we look forward to 90 days from now giving you an update on our progress. Thanks. Operator00:36:13Thank you for your participation in today's conference. This concludes the program. You may now disconnect.Read moreParticipantsExecutivesAndrew FredricksonVP of Corporate FinancePete SmithPresident and CEOAndy SchmidtCFOAnalystsJaeson SchmidtAnalyst at Lake StreetBen TaxdahlAnalyst at Craig-HallumScott SearleAnalyst at Roth Capital PartnersTheodore O'NeillAnalyst at Litchfield Hills ResearchTim SavageauxAnalyst at Northland Capital MarketsDave KangAnalyst at B. RileyPowered by