Peraton
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| Company type | Private |
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| Industry | cybersecurity  |
| Founded | 2017 |
| Headquarters | Reston, Virginia, U.S. |
Key people | Steve Schorer, chairman, president, CEO |
| Revenue | US$7 billion (2023) |
Number of employees | > 18,000 (2024) |
| Parent | Veritas Capital |
| Website | www.peraton.com |
| Footnotes / references [1][2] | |
Peraton Inc. is a privately held American national security and technology company formed in 2017.[3] It is headquartered in Reston, Virginia.[4] Its service areas include space, intelligence, cyber, defense, homeland security, citizen security, and health. The company's applied research organization, Peraton Labs, is sited in Basking Ridge, New Jersey.[5]
As of 2021 the company had more than 150 offices across the United States.[6] Peraton then employed over 5,000 people in the D.C. area and approximately 18,000 worldwide.[2]
History
[edit]Peraton was established and has grown due to acquisitions made by New York-based private-equity firm Veritas Capital. In 2017, Veritas acquired Harris Corporation's government IT services division and renamed it Peraton.[7] In 2019, Peraton acquired Solers, Inc.; the terms of the acquisition were not disclosed.[8] In 2021, Veritas acquired the federal IT and mission support business of Northrop Grumman for $3.4 billion.[9][10] In May 2021, Perspecta (a 2018 merger of DXC Technology's U.S. public sector spin-off, Vencore, Inc., and KeyPoint Government Solutions),[11] was acquired by Veritas for $7.1 billion and placed under Peraton.[12][13]
Peraton was awarded a $2.69 billion contract by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security concerning Data Center and Cloud Optimization Support Services.[14][15] Peraton also captured a $1B contract from the Pentagon to counter "misinformation".[16]
Despite loss of business due to the reorganization of the US government in President Trumps second term,[17] Peraton was still maintaining existing and receiving new government contracts.[18][19]
References
[edit]- ^ "Top 100 Defense Companies for 2023". Top 100. Defense News. Retrieved 2023-10-27.
- ^ a b "Aerospace firm Peraton wins $50M contract extension for CF-18 support". Ottawa Business Journal. Retrieved 2021-08-24.
- ^ "Perspecta, now under Peraton, lands $473.8 million agreement". Virginia Business. 18 May 2021. Retrieved 2021-12-25.
- ^ "Fast growing IT contractor Peraton moving to new HQ in Reston. After officially winning SITEC 3 Peraton canceled many offers and sent new offers with much smaller salaries". WTOP News. 2 December 2021. Retrieved 2021-12-25.
- ^ "Peraton Labs Welcomes Rep. Malinowski To Basking Ridge". Basking Ridge, NJ Patch. 2022-06-22. Retrieved 2025-03-25.
- ^ Schulte, Katherine (December 2, 2021). "Peraton to move HQ from Herndon to Reston". Retrieved June 28, 2022.
- ^ Wilkers, Ross (2017-04-28). "Harris closes deal to sell IT services biz to Veritas Capital". Washington Technology. Retrieved 2025-04-23.
- ^ Erwin, Sandra (2019-06-17). "Peraton acquires cloud services, satellite ground systems provider Solers". SpaceNews. Retrieved 2025-04-23.
- ^ Insinna, Valerie (December 8, 2020). "Northrop sells IT business to Veritas Capital for $3.4B". Defense News. Retrieved May 22, 2021.
- ^ Lake, Sidney (February 1, 2021). "Peraton closes on $3.4B cash purchase of Northrop Grumman biz". Virginia Business. Retrieved May 22, 2021.
- ^ Terry, Robert J. (June 1, 2018). "Perspecta debuts on the New York Stock Exchange, unveils board of directors". American City Business Journals.
- ^ "Veritas Capital Completes Acquisition of Perspecta" (Press release). 6 May 2021. Retrieved August 24, 2021.
- ^ "Peraton". Georgia Cyber Center. Retrieved 2021-12-25.
- ^ Schulte, Katherine (2022-02-16). "Peraton lands $2.69B Homeland Security contract". Retrieved 2022-06-28.
- ^ "General Dynamics loses $2.7B cloud contract protest". 2022-01-21. Retrieved 2022-06-28.
- ^ Jones, John Hewitt (2021-08-11). "DOD awards $1B contract to Peraton to counter misinformation". FedScoop. Retrieved 2023-04-26.
- ^ "Peraton Prepares for "Mass Layoff" in Princess Anne". Salisbury, Maryland: WBOC. 22 April 2025. Archived from the original on 22 April 2025.
- ^ Hamilton, Jillian (24 April 2025). "Lockheed, Northrop, and Peraton Land $244M Contract to Build Next-Gen Space Relay Network". Daily Intelligence Newsletter (Clearance Jobs - DHI Group, Inc.). Archived from the original on 25 April 2025.
- ^ Tong, Noah (1 May 2025). "CMS sets up real-time medical fraud center with DOGE; Federal contractor rolls out commercial tool". Fierce Health Care. Archived from the original on 2 May 2025.