[4] The company's applied research organization, Peraton Labs, is sited in Basking Ridge, New Jersey.

[2] 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".

[7] Peraton was established and has grown due to acquisitions made by New York-based private-equity firm Veritas Capital.

[10][11] In May 2021, Perspecta (a 2018 merger of DXC Technology's U.S. public sector spin-off, Vencore, Inc., and KeyPoint Government Solutions),[12] was acquired by Veritas for $7.1 billion and placed under Peraton.

[13][14] Peraton was awarded a $2.69 billion contract by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security concerning Data Center and Cloud Optimization Support Services.