Peraton is a national security and technology company with more than 18,000 employees and annual revenue of approximately $7 billion. The firm describes itself as a mission capability integrator, delivering solutions across space, intelligence, cyber, defence, homeland security, citizen security, and health sectors primarily for the U.S. government. Its scale expanded roughly sevenfold through acquisitions in 2021, and it now operates from over 150 locations across the United States.
The company's technical work spans cybersecurity, analytics, photonics, and wireless technologies. Peraton Labs, its applied-research arm, employs over 450 scientists, engineers, and analysts, more than half of whom hold technical master's degrees and roughly 30% hold doctorates. The lab has generated upwards of 470 patents across its focus areas.
Among its largest contracts is a $31.5 billion award to modernise the FAA's air traffic control system and a $2.69 billion Department of Homeland Security data-centre optimisation programme. The company traces its operational heritage back more than 125 years through predecessor organisations.
