Peraton
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{{Short description|American national security and tech company}}
{{Third-party|date=December 2021}}
{{Infobox company
| name = Peraton Inc.
| logo = Peraton logo.svg
| type = Private
| foundation = 2017
| location = {{nowrap|Reston, Virginia, U.S.}}
| key_people = Steve Schorer, chairman, president, CEO
| num_employees = > 18,000
| revenue = {{currency|7|us}} billion
| revenue_year = 2023
| num_employees_year = 2024
| website = [https://www.peraton.com www.peraton.com]
| footnotes = {{cite web |url=https://people.defensenews.com/top-100/ |title=Top 100 Defense Companies for 2023 |work=Top 100 |publisher=Defense News |accessdate=2023-10-27 }}
}}
Peraton Inc. is a privately held American national security and technology company formed in 2017.{{cite web|access-date=2021-12-25|title=Perspecta, now under Peraton, lands $473.8 million agreement|url=https://www.virginiabusiness.com/article/perspecta-now-under-peraton-lands-473-8-million-agreement/|date=18 May 2021|website=Virginia Business}} It is headquartered in Reston, Virginia.{{cite web |date=2 December 2021 |title=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. |url=https://wtop.com/business-finance/2021/12/fast-growing-it-contractor-peraton-moving-to-new-hq-in-reston/ |access-date=2021-12-25 |website=WTOP News}} 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.{{Cite web |date=2022-06-22 |title=Peraton Labs Welcomes Rep. Malinowski To Basking Ridge |url=https://patch.com/new-jersey/baskingridge/peraton-labs-welcomes-rep-malinowski-basking-ridge |access-date=2025-03-25 |website=Basking Ridge, NJ Patch |language=en}}
As of 2021 the company had more than 150 offices across the United States.{{Cite web |url=https://www.virginiabusiness.com/article/peraton-to-move-hq-from-herndon-to-reston/ |last=Schulte |first=Katherine| title = Peraton to move HQ from Herndon to Reston |date=December 2, 2021 |access-date=June 28, 2022}} Peraton then employed over 5,000 people in the D.C. area and approximately 18,000 worldwide.{{Cite web |title=Aerospace firm Peraton wins $50M contract extension for CF-18 support |url=https://obj.ca/aerospace-firm-peraton-wins-50m-contract-extension-for-cf-18-support/ |access-date=2021-08-24 |website=Ottawa Business Journal |language=en |ref=obj-ca}}
History
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.{{Cite web |last=Wilkers |first=Ross |date=2017-04-28 |title=Harris closes deal to sell IT services biz to Veritas Capital |url=https://www.washingtontechnology.com/2017/04/harris-closes-deal-to-sell-it-services-biz-to-veritas-capital/343335/ |access-date=2025-04-23 |website=Washington Technology |language=en}} In 2019, Peraton acquired Solers, Inc.; the terms of the acquisition were not disclosed.{{Cite web |last=Erwin |first=Sandra |date=2019-06-17 |title=Peraton acquires cloud services, satellite ground systems provider Solers |url=https://spacenews.com/peraton-acquires-cloud-services-satellite-ground-systems-provider-solers/ |access-date=2025-04-23 |website=SpaceNews |language=en-US}} In 2021, Veritas acquired the federal IT and mission support business of Northrop Grumman for $3.4 billion.{{cite news|url=https://www.defensenews.com/industry/2020/12/08/northrop-sells-it-business-to-veritas-capital-for-34b/|title=Northrop sells IT business to Veritas Capital for $3.4B|last1=Insinna|first1=Valerie|date=December 8, 2020|access-date=May 22, 2021|publisher=Defense News}}{{cite news|url=https://www.virginiabusiness.com/article/peraton-closes-on-3-4b-cash-purchase-of-northrop-grumman-biz/|title=Peraton closes on $3.4B cash purchase of Northrop Grumman biz|last1=Lake|first1=Sidney|date=February 1, 2021|access-date=May 22, 2021|publisher=Virginia Business}} In May 2021, Perspecta (a 2018 merger of DXC Technology's U.S. public sector spin-off, Vencore, Inc., and KeyPoint Government Solutions),{{cite web |url=https://www.bizjournals.com/washington/news/2018/06/01/perspecta-debuts-on-the-new-york-stock-exchange.html |title=Perspecta debuts on the New York Stock Exchange, unveils board of directors |last=Terry |first=Robert J. | work=American City Business Journals |date=June 1, 2018}} was acquired by Veritas for $7.1 billion and placed under Peraton.{{Cite press release |url=https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20210506006172/en/Veritas-Capital-Completes-Acquisition-of-Perspecta |title = Veritas Capital Completes Acquisition of Perspecta |date = 6 May 2021 |access-date=August 24, 2021}}{{cite web |title=Peraton|url=https://www.gacybercenter.org/partners/perspecta/ |access-date=2021-12-25 |website=Georgia Cyber Center}}
Peraton was awarded a $2.69 billion contract by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security concerning Data Center and Cloud Optimization Support Services.{{Cite web |url=https://www.virginiabusiness.com/article/peraton-lands-2-69b-homeland-security-contract/ |title = Peraton lands $2.69B Homeland Security contract |last=Schulte |first=Katherine |date =2022-02-16 |access-date=2022-06-28}}{{Cite web |url=https://washingtontechnology.com/contracts/2022/01/general-dynamics-loses-27b-cloud-contract-protest/361044/ |title = General Dynamics loses $2.7B cloud contract protest |date =2022-01-21 |access-date=2022-06-28}} Peraton also captured a $1B contract from the Pentagon to counter "misinformation".{{Cite web |last=Jones |first=John Hewitt |date=2021-08-11 |title=DOD awards $1B contract to Peraton to counter misinformation |url=https://fedscoop.com/dod-awards-1b-contract-to-peraton-to-counter-misinformation/ |access-date=2023-04-26 |website=FedScoop |language=en-US}}
Despite loss of business due to the reorganization of the US government in President Trumps second term,{{Cite news|title=Peraton Prepares for "Mass Layoff" in Princess Anne |date=22 April 2025 |publisher=WBOC |location=Salisbury, Maryland |url=https://www.wboc.com/news/peraton-prepares-for-mass-layoff-in-princess-anne/article_92747c65-8f9e-4bd9-9f43-bb5412da2e15.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250422230306/https://www.wboc.com/news/peraton-prepares-for-mass-layoff-in-princess-anne/article_92747c65-8f9e-4bd9-9f43-bb5412da2e15.html |archive-date=22 April 2025 |url-status=live }} Peraton is still maintaining existing and receiving new government contracts.{{Cite news|last=Hamilton |first=Jillian |date=24 April 2025 |title=Lockheed, Northrop, and Peraton Land $244M Contract to Build Next-Gen Space Relay Network |publisher=Daily Intelligence Newsletter (Clearance Jobs - DHI Group, Inc.) |url=https://news.clearancejobs.com/2025/04/24/lockheed-northrop-and-peraton-land-244m-contract-to-build-next-gen-space-relay-network/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250425032858/https://news.clearancejobs.com/2025/04/24/lockheed-northrop-and-peraton-land-244m-contract-to-build-next-gen-space-relay-network/ |archive-date=25 April 2025 |url-status=live }}{{Cite web|last=Tong |first=Noah |date=1 May 2025 |title=CMS sets up real-time medical fraud center with DOGE; Federal contractor rolls out commercial tool
|publisher=Fierce Health Care |url=https://www.fiercehealthcare.com/providers/cms-sets-real-time-medical-fraud-center-doge-federal-contractor-rolls-out-commercial-tool |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250502151822/https://www.fiercehealthcare.com/providers/cms-sets-real-time-medical-fraud-center-doge-federal-contractor-rolls-out-commercial-tool |archive-date=2 May 2025 |url-status=live }}