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. Its areas of service include space, intelligence, cyber, defense, homeland security, citizen security, and health. The company's applied research organization, Peraton Labs, is headquartered in

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. Peraton was formed in 2017 through the acquisition of

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's government IT services division by Veritas Capital. Peraton purchased

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in May 2021 for $7.1 billion. Veritas also purchased

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's federal IT division in 2021. In 2021 the company had more than 150 offices across the United States. The company plans to move its headquarters from Herndon to

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in Reston in 2022. As of 2021, Peraton employed over 5,000 people in the D.C. area and approximately 18,000 employees total worldwide. Peraton says its name is "a construct of the prefix ''per'', which means thoroughly, and the word ''imperative'', reflecting the importance of its customers' missions".

History

In 2017, the New York-based private-equity firm

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acquired the government IT services division of

, and renamed it Peraton. In 2019, Peraton acquired Solers, Inc.; the terms of the acquisition were not disclosed. In 2021, Veritas acquired the federal IT and mission support business of

for $3.4 billion in cash and placed it within the Peraton subsidiary. In May of 2021,

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(a 2018 merger of

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's U.S. public sector spin-off Vencore, Inc., and KeyPoint Government Solutions), was acquired by Veritas for $7.1 billion and placed under Peraton. In 2022, Peraton through its newly acquired subsidiary Perspecta has been awarded a $2.69 billion contract by the

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References

Information technology companies of the United States American companies established in 2017 Companies based in Fairfax County, Virginia