Peraton is a national security and technology company serving U.S. government agencies across space, intelligence, defence, and homeland security. With more than 18,000 employees and annual revenue of $7 billion, the company operates from over 150 U.S. locations and traces its heritage back more than 125 years. It grew sevenfold in 2021 through strategic acquisitions.
The company's technical capabilities span space systems, cybersecurity, analytics, photonics, wireless technologies, air traffic control systems, and data centre optimisation. Peraton Labs, its applied research division, employs 450+ scientists, engineers, and analysts - half holding technical master's degrees and 30% holding doctorates - and has generated more than 470 patents in cybersecurity, analytics, photonics, and wireless technologies.
Major contracts include a $31.5 billion award to modernise the Federal Aviation Administration's Air Traffic Control System and a $2.69 billion contract to optimise Department of Homeland Security data centre infrastructure. Peraton's mission systems and services support operations spanning global theatres and space.