It was then known as Vencore Labs until 2018 when its parent company merged to form Perspecta Inc. Perspecta merged with Peraton and is now Peraton Labs, which is headquartered in Basking Ridge, New Jersey, with laboratory facilities in Basking Ridge, Red Bank, NJ, and Silver Spring, MD.

Subsequently, it operated primarily as the Applied Research group within Bellcore and Telcordia.

Particular areas of focus include cyber security, data analytics, wireless and mobility applications, advanced software methodologies, network and operations, information assurance, optical networking, application engineering and integration, and smart grid.

Including work as part of Telcordia, Peraton Labs (ACS) researchers have produced more than 2,000 patents across ADSL, ATM/SONET, Advanced Intelligent Network (AIN), optical networking / Wavelength-division multiplexing (WDM), wireless (3G/4G, cellular, mobility), security and other areas of communications and information.

Peraton Labs (ACS) is active in the development of a wide range of industry standards, with standards-bodies memberships including IEEE, ATIS, TIA,[4] 3GPP, ETSI, OIF, Open Mobile Alliance, Open Geospatial Consortium, Small Cells Forum, ZigBee Alliance and related industry organizations.