What Peraton Labs does

Peraton Labs is the advanced research and development business unit of Peraton, operating as an innovation engine with a Bell Labs heritage and 450+ researchers and engineers. The company develops and commercializes technology across cybersecurity, electronic warfare, machine learning, 5G, networking, quantum, photonics, and spectrum management for defense, intelligence, communications, energy, transportation, finance, and life sciences markets. Its product portfolio is organized into four solution families: SecureSmart (critical infrastructure and ICS/SCADA cyber defense including CMaaS, ProtocolPatroller, EnergyDefender, Jolt, and Cyber Emissions Monitor), cybersecurity products (Bus Defender for MIL-STD-1553 platforms, CyberVAN simulation environment, DADC automated configuration, ROP Protector, DDoS Defender, DEDUCE), spectrum solutions (SecureSense, SUMS, Multifunction RF Platform Management with BRAHMS AI/ML orchestrator, Velocite air-to-ground telemetry), and speech/analytics tools (Phonetic Pronunciation Package).

The company generates revenue primarily through federal government R&D contracts, prime contracts through consortiums such as the National Spectrum Consortium, and direct engagements with defense and civil agencies including the US Department of Defense, Department of Homeland Security, Federal Aviation Administration, Department of Energy, and IARPA. It is an NSA-designated Commercial Solutions for Classified (CSfC) trusted integrator since 2015 and operates a sub-brand (SecureSmart) serving utility and smart grid enterprise customers. Go-to-market is enterprise field sales through federal procurement vehicles, supplemented by participation in DoD demonstrations, industry conferences, and direct contracting. The company is privately held as a wholly-owned business unit of Peraton; specific revenue, contract values, and ownership percentages are not publicly disclosed.

The business model is professional services and productized R&D for government and regulated critical-infrastructure customers. Notable technical differentiators include patented cybersecurity methods (binary-to-binary code scrambling, MIL-STD-1553 bus protection, network maneuvering architectures), AI/ML applied to RF resource allocation and grid state inference, and a high-fidelity discrete-event cyber simulation platform. The company maintains a deep patent portfolio across its product lines and has received external validation including the 2019 Marsh Cyber Catalyst designation for SecureSmart CMaaS.

Name

Peraton Labs

Legal name

Peraton Labs, Inc.

Website

https://peratonlabs.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2012

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

251–500 employees

Short description

Peraton Labs is Peraton's advanced R&D business unit, employing 450+ researchers and engineers to develop patented cybersecurity, electronic warfare, spectrum management, and 5G technologies for US defense, intelligence, and critical infrastructure customers.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Defense Research and Development Services

NAICS

Research and Development in the Physical, Engineering, and Life Sciences (54171), Scientific Research and Development Services (5417)

SIC

Laboratory Analytical Instruments (3826), Services-Commercial Physical & Biological Research (8731)

akta.pro primary industry

Lab Analytics, Utilization Management & Operational Intelligence (HLACAMAK)

akta.pro secondary industry

General Lab Equipment (Centrifuges, Incubators, Shakers, Ovens) (HLAGAIAC)

Keywords

• Defense research and development
• Cybersecurity products
• Critical infrastructure protection
• Spectrum management solutions
• Electronic warfare systems

Headquarters

HQ city

Herndon

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Technology or R&D, Operations, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. Government R&D Contracts: Peraton Labs operates as Peraton's advanced research and development business unit, generating revenue through federal government contracts for defense, intelligence, and critical infrastructure R&D. The company develops technologies for DoD spectrum sharing, cyber defense, and communications systems under prime contracts such as the National Spectrum Consortium's Advanced Spectrum Coexistence Demonstration program.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

Peraton Labs operates as Peraton's advanced research and development business unit, delivering patented cybersecurity, network defense, spectrum management, electronic warfare, and wireless/5G products along with applied R&D services to defense, intelligence, communications, energy, transportation, finance, and life sciences customers. Its 450+ researchers and engineers create new technologies, advance emerging capabilities, and develop solutions that work at scale in complex real-world environments.

Product overview

Peraton Labs is an innovation engine generating high-value solutions and capabilities through its advanced research and development business unit. The company offers a comprehensive portfolio of cybersecurity, network defense, and critical infrastructure protection products and solutions organized into distinct product lines. The SecureSmart solution line provides integrated cybersecurity, operations and engineering for critical infrastructure including SecureSmart CMaaS for continuous monitoring, Cyber Emissions Monitor for air-gapped ICS monitoring, EnergyDefender and Jolt for SCADA/power grid defense, and ProtocolPatroller for ICS protocol protection. The cybersecurity portfolio includes Bus Defender for MIL-STD-1553 data bus protection, CyberVAN for high-fidelity cyber experimentation environments, DADC for automated network configuration, ROP Protector for legacy software defense, DDoS Defender for denial-of-service protection, and DEDUCE for distributed service resilience. Spectrum solutions include SecureSense for real-time spectrum situational awareness and SUMS for spectrum usage analytics. Wireless solutions encompass Multifunction RF Platform Management with BRAHMS optimization and Velocite for high-speed flight telemetry over 4G/5G. The portfolio spans defense, intelligence, communications, energy, transportation, finance, and life sciences sectors.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• SecureSmart: Integrated cybersecurity, operations and engineering solution for utilities delivering comprehensive continuous monitoring as a service (CMaaS) for critical infrastructure, field area networks, energy systems and smart cities.

Products and services

• SecureSmart CMaaS (Continuous Monitoring as a Service) Integrated, real-time cyber defense for critical infrastructure, field area networks, energy systems, and smart cities. Delivers continuous monitoring via a sensor-based architecture with 24/7 automated network anomaly and intrusion detection for AMI, DA, and SCADA systems; for utility and critical infrastructure operators.
• SecureSmart Cyber Emissions Monitor Air-gapped, continuous and autonomous cyber monitoring for ICS equipment based on non-intrusive monitoring of device RF emissions in substations and other ICS environments; for utilities and operators of critical industrial systems.
• SecureSmart EnergyDefender Comprehensive critical infrastructure and industrial control systems defense that detects, troubleshoots and remediates SCADA system issues using AI and probabilistic reasoning for grid state inferencing; for utility operators and grid security teams.
• SecureSmart Jolt Power analyzer for substation telemetry defense that detects sophisticated protection and automation system compromises in individual and multi-substation environments using smart analytics and circuit topology validation; for utility and grid operators.
• SecureSmart ProtocolPatroller Industry's first ICS cybersecurity monitoring and anomaly detection solution for protocol protection covering SCADA protocols including DNP3, ICCP, Synchrophasor, AMI, and 61850-GOOSE; for utility and industrial control system operators.
• Bus Defender Cyber survivability solution for platforms using MIL-STD-1553 data buses providing on-platform real-time defense and off-platform defense during maintenance and test, including Maintenance Defender and Bus Offender variants; for defense platform integrators and military program offices.
• CyberVAN (Cyber Virtual Assured Network) High-fidelity network environment for cyber experimentation, operational planning, validation, and training supporting tens of thousands of diverse cyber elements including hosts, routers, switches, firewalls, and wireless communications; for defense cyber operators and training commands.
• DADC (Distributed, Assured and Dynamic Configuration) Automated configuration synthesis and repair system for cyber infrastructure, cloud, and cyber-physical systems using constraint-solving techniques to automatically generate correct, compliant designs in seconds; for network and security engineering teams.
• ROP Protector (Return Oriented Programming Protector) Moving target defense solution that protects legacy software systems from ROP cyberattacks using binary-to-binary code scrambling without requiring access to source code; for defense and enterprise security teams operating legacy software.
• DDoS Defender Next-generation cyber defense capabilities to protect infrastructure from DDoS attacks using NEMESIS architecture for network maneuvering, logical dispersion, and intelligent maneuvers to maintain service during attacks; for network operators and defense customers.
• DEDUCE (Distributed Enclave Defense Using Configurable Edges) Distributed enclave defense technology providing real-time 'fight through' service restoration from network edges with overlay routing functionality for dynamic avoidance of congestion or delays; for network operators and tactical communications users.
• SecureSense System and Sensors Affordable, real-time spectrum situational awareness solution using distributed COTS sensor networks for emitter detection, classification, and geolocation at the place, time, and frequencies of interest; for defense and spectrum management customers.
• SUMS (Spectrum Usage and Management System) Accurate, verified metrics and intelligence on spectrum usage providing evidence-based characterization of RF spectrum usage across environments using a big data analytics platform; for spectrum regulators and defense spectrum managers.
• Multifunction RF Platform Management (BRAHMS) Adaptive, intelligent resource management for converged radar, electronic warfare, and communications platforms using BRAHMS technology to coordinate RF mission goals in spectrum, space, and time; for defense platform integrators.
• Velocite Novel technology using commercial 4G/5G LTE to provide affordable telemetry to high-speed aircraft with Doppler compensation for speeds up to and exceeding Mach 1; for defense test ranges and flight test programs.
• Phonetic Pronunciation Package and Speech Processing Tools Vendor-independent speech recognition and synthesis tools providing highest accuracy pronunciations for names of people, places, businesses, and prescription drugs with up to 50% reduction in recognition errors; for contact centers, healthcare, and government service operators.
• COALESCE Spectrum Sharing Technology AI-powered spectrum-sharing technology enabling federal and commercial wireless users to operate simultaneously in contested midband frequencies, leveraging autonomous real-time systems and 5G/Next G technology for automated spectrum decision-making; for DoD spectrum managers and federal wireless users.

Quantifiable outcome

• OSCAR system reduces time spent locating signal interference from hours or days to under ten minutes
• +4 more outcomes

Named customers8 records

Segments7 records

Ideal customer profiles5 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

AI capability10 records

Feature16 records

Partnerships

Six partnerships are on record, tiered core and major.

• University of California, Santa Barbara (UCSB)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2020Collaboration on Advanced Technologies for Acquiring Clinical Knowledge for COVID-19 (ATACK) project, developing methods to answer medical questions by linking clinical trial databases with public research articles in multiple languages. Dr. William Wang from UCSB serves as Principal Investigator.
• National Spectrum ConsortiumcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPeraton Labs selected as participant in DoD's Advanced Spectrum Coexistence Demonstration program under prime contract issued through the National Spectrum Consortium. The program develops spectrum-sharing technology enabling federal and commercial wireless users to operate simultaneously in contested midband frequencies.
• Interdigital CommunicationsmajorStrategic or Co-development PartnerOne of five industry/academic teams selected for Pentagon's Advanced Spectrum Coexistence (ASC) initiative. The teams coordinate efforts involving 26 U.S.-based partners including 21 small, nonprofit, or non-traditional defense contractors.
• Nokia Federal SolutionsmajorStrategic or Co-development PartnerOne of five industry/academic teams selected for Pentagon's Advanced Spectrum Coexistence (ASC) initiative focused on dynamic spectrum-sharing operations between military and commercial users.
• RTX BBN TechnologiesmajorStrategic or Co-development PartnerOne of five industry/academic teams selected for Pentagon's Advanced Spectrum Coexistence (ASC) initiative to demonstrate new spectrum-sharing capabilities with demonstrations expected to begin in November.
• Kostas Research Institute at Northeastern UniversitymajorStrategic or Co-development PartnerOne of five industry/academic teams selected for Pentagon's ASC initiative. The results will inform follow-on study mandated by the 2023 National Spectrum Strategy for dynamic spectrum-sharing operations.

Scale indicators3 records

Direct peers

• MITRE Corporation: FFRDC operating federally funded research centers for defense, cybersecurity, and AI. Highly comparable R&D-only operating model with deep government client relationships in cyber, electronic warfare, and spectrum management.
• Booz Allen Hamilton: Federal consulting and advanced technology firm with deep cyber, AI/ML, electronic warfare, and signals-intelligence practices serving DoD, intelligence community, and civil agencies — closely overlaps Peraton Labs' technical and customer profile.
• SAIC: Federal IT and engineering services provider with significant cyber, spectrum, electronic warfare, and systems integration work for DoD and intelligence customers. Competes head-to-head for many of the same federal R&D and platform integration programs.
• CACI International: Federal IT and engineering services firm with strong cyber, electronic warfare, signals intelligence, and intelligence community presence. Direct competitor for many of the same defense R&D and engineering contracts.
• Battelle Memorial Institute: Large nonprofit R&D organization operating national-security, cyber, and critical-infrastructure programs for federal clients. Comparable operating model — federally funded research with deep engineering bench — and similar cyber/grid/transportation focus.
• Leidos: Large federal R&D and systems integrator serving DoD, intelligence, and civil agencies across cyber, electronic warfare, AI, and spectrum. Closest large-cap comparable in scale, customer mix, and technology footprint to Peraton Labs.

Broad incumbents

• BAE Systems Electronic Systems: Major defense prime with significant electronic warfare, cyber, and RF/spectrum capabilities. Less R&D-pure than Peraton Labs but competes for the same DoD programs of record in EW, cyber, and Next G.
• RTX (Raytheon) BBN Technologies: Raytheon's applied research arm, partnered with Peraton Labs on the DoD ASC spectrum-sharing initiative. Operates as an embedded R&D unit of a defense prime with strong overlap in cyber, networking, spectrum, and AI research.

Emerging players

• Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory (APL): FFRDC performing sponsored defense and intelligence R&D across cyber, electronic warfare, autonomous systems, and spectrum. Strong overlap in technology domains and government sponsors, though embedded in an academic structure rather than a commercial sub-unit.
• RAND Corporation: Nonprofit federally focused research organization with cyber, AI, defense, and spectrum programs. While research-oriented rather than productized, RAND is a credible alternative source of advanced defense R&D for many of the same government sponsors.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/PeratonCorp

Compliance1 record

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles2 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

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