Peraton has been awarded a $56 million task order by the U.S. Space Force's Commercial Satellite Communications Office to provide satcom services to U.S. Central Command, the company announced Thursday. 

Alison Paris, former director of talent acquisition strategy and operations at CACI, has joined Peraton as vice president of talent acquisition.

Dean Bellamy, senior director of space strategies and development at Peraton, told Politico in an interview published Friday he believes Congress needs to initiate action to better manage space traffic as more companies launch satellites into orbit.

Peraton will compete for task orders in six functional areas to provide support services for the U.S. Navy’s unmanned surface vehicle family of systems under a potential 10-year, $982.1M contract awarded in early February.

Executive Mosaic is honored to present Stu Shea, chairman, president and CEO of Peraton, as an inductee into the 2020 edition of the Wash100 Award for his leadership and role in the company’s continued work with NASA and the advancement of space capabilities as well as supporting U.S. national security.

Peraton has received a potential $277.5M U.S. Department of Homeland Security Customs and Border Protection Tethered Aerostat Radar System recompete contract with one base year and four option years, the company announced on Tuesday.

Peraton has received four recompete U.S. Navy Unmanned Maritime Systems Support task orders, valued at a total of $27.5M, from the Naval Information Warfare Center to help the Navy increase its unmanned capabilities, the company announced on Thursday.

Women in Aerospace has recognized Ronna Kirchoff, vice president of civil space programs at Peraton, with the 2019 Outstanding Achievement Award.

EXB Solutions will provide software engineering support as a subcontractor to Peraton under the potential five-year, $1.8B Space Exploration Network Services and Evolution contract with NASA.

Mike Moran, vice president of space strategies at Peraton, has said the Department of Defense should prioritize industry partnerships to leverage commercial products that could help increase the resilience and diversity of military satellite communications.

The Defense Security Service has recognized Peraton with the James S. Cogswell Outstanding Industrial Security Achievement Award, citing excellence in security practices at a company facility in Greenbelt, Md.

Peraton has received a three-year, $54M contract to assist Harris in modernizing the ground computing infrastructure for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite–R series.

Peraton has received a five-year, $14.9M contract to operate and maintain equipment for Defense Satellite Communications System and other military and defense satellites for the U.S. Army's 59th Signal Battalion at Fort Greely, Alaska.

Peraton will provide range instrumentation systems to support test and evaluation operations of the U.S. Navy's Naval Air Warfare Center Weapons Division under a potential five-year, $33M contract.

Peraton won a 30-month, $12M task order from the Space and Naval Warfare Systems Command to provide engineering support for the U.S. Navy’s marine mammal systems.