Peraton
Overview
Founded on July 14, 1988, Peraton Inc. is a portfolio company of Veritas Capital. They provide satellite and terrestrial communication, network optimization, and managed security services. With over 3,000 employees across the United States and Canada, Peraton is headquartered in Herndon, VA. Peraton serves many markets worldwide including space, communications, defense, intelligence, cyber, and homeland security.
On June 17, 2019, Peraton announced its acquisition of Solers, Inc. Founded in 1998, Solers is an innovative Information Technology (IT) solutions provider to the Department of Defense (DoD), Intelligence Community (IC), other federal agencies, and commercial entities. Stu Shea, the CEO of Peraton, stated: “by bringing together some of the most proven and innovative space protection and ground operations technologies in the industry, we will be able to significantly enhance our ability to execute on our customers’ critical missions.” All of the contracts previously held by Solers have now been transferred to Peraton and can be found here: Contracts – Peraton
Peraton was awarded a $219M Contract by the Future Commercial SATCOM Acquisition (FCSA) program to provide commercial satellite communications services for the United States Africa Command (AFRICOM) on March 3, 2020. Peraton is responsible for providing mission partners with rapid acquisition of commercial satellite services. Specifically, Peraton will provide communications services leveraging satellites and emerging technologies from across multiple satellite fleet operators. Peraton has already served as a consultative mission partner to AFRICOM for over 10 years and currently supports them through separate contract vehicles and industry partners. [1] [2] [3]
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Article: Peraton Expanding Global Network to Offer Enhanced Communications Solutions