March 2021
Infusing Diversity Within the Business: Meet Laila Salguero
Laila Salguero is Peraton’s first Chief Diversity, Equity & Inclusion (DE&I) Officer and the company’s first executive of Hispanic descent. Beyond making waves within Peraton’s leadership, Salguero is driving change throughout the company.
February 2021
Peraton Supports Successful Landing of NASA’s Perseverance Rover
NASA’s Perseverance rover landed on Mars in Jezero Crater on February 18, 2021 at 3:55 pm Eastern. This is NASA’s sixth consecutive successful landing. This mission came with many challenges and hurdles, overcome by diligent calculations and meticulous tests.
January 2021
Peraton Employee Celebrates 55 Years Supporting NASA’s Deep Space Network
NASA’s Deep Space Network (DSN), operated and maintained by NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) and the Peraton team, has been the long-distance telephone operator for outer space ventures since 1963. Two years after its founding, Peraton employee Cliff Y. began working on the DSN, the world’s largest and most sensitive telecommunications system.
December 2020
Peraton Deep Space Operations Team Wins NASA Honor Award
For the work supporting the Perseverance rover and NASA’s Mars 2020 mission, along with other critical tasks performed throughout the year, NASA presented Peraton’s Deep Space Operations Team with a Group Achievement Award.
November 2020
How to Be Cyber Smart
Cybersecurity threats continue to rise rapidly as they gain complexity. The best way to stop an attack is to prevent one through individual behavior. Education and awareness are important tools to protect company information and personal data from being compromised.
October 2020
Peraton Celebrates Exceptional Employees at First Ever Chairman’s Awards
The awards program was established by Peraton’s Chairman, President and CEO Stu Shea to honor Peraton employees who have upheld Peraton’s mission, vision, and values, as well as inspire employees to do the can’t be done.
September 2020
One Team, One Mission: Meet Karim
When you ask Karim why he works at Peraton, his answer is simple: “Peraton is like no other company I’ve worked for.” As the Business Development & Capture Manager at Peraton in Canada, Karim’s responsible for uncovering new opportunities for the company, with a focus on Canadian Armed Forces contracts, including mission sustainment work with the Royal Canadian Air Force.
August 2020
Peraton Employees on the Frontline of the Mars 2020 Mission
There are few goals loftier than a journey to Mars. Behind every grand vision are the individuals who have worked for years to ensure that the mission is executed successfully. For NASA’s July 30 launch of the Atlas V rocket that sent the Mars 2020 spacecraft and Perseverance rover on their way to Mars, there were many Peraton employees whose work has and will continue to be critical for the success of the mission.
July 2020
Peraton At the Cutting Edge of Unmanned Underwater Vehicle Technology
The promise “If you build it, they will come” may work in the movies, but it doesn’t get you very far in the military, where a ship, plane or tank has limited value without people who have the expertise to operate it, adapt it, maintain it, and sustain it. In the world of unmanned underwater vehicles (UUV), Peraton fills many critical enablement roles.
June 2020
Five Things to Know About the Dark Web
The world wide web is just the tip of the iceberg when it comes to what is online. Beyond all the websites indexed by Google and other common search engines is the deep web—and buried within that is the dark web.
May 2020
Leading Peraton’s Response to COVID-19: An Interview with CEO Stu Shea
For the past seven weeks, Peraton CEO Stu Shea’s daily commute has been a 30-foot walk to his home office. Like millions of workers across the world, his normal routine has been disrupted, and hours blur together from morning to evening as he moves from calls with Peraton customers and program managers, to virtual financial reviews and board meetings, and occasional breaks to stretch his legs, catch up on the day’s news or make a quick supply run.