The future. Delivered.
As Peraton's applied research organization, we deliver the future—across cybersecurity, electronic warfare, mobility, analytics and networking—to government and commercial customers worldwide.
Real world impact
- Visionary thinking powered by the expertise of more than 450 scientists, engineers and analysts
- Partnerships with a diverse group of elite research institutions and universities
- Robust applied research and engineering that drives generation-after-next products and solutions
Experienced and accomplished technical staff
- 50% percent hold technical master’s degrees
- 30% hold doctorates
- 75% hold government clearances
- 25% + are patent inventors being named as sole or co-inventors on more than 470 patents across the software, cybersecurity, analytics, photonics, network management, operations, optical and wireless fields
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Leadership
chris valentino
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As acting president of Peraton Labs, Chris delivers the vision and leadership for the company’s trailblazing applied research. Leading a self-sustaining research center within Peraton, Chris oversees engineering and applied research to enable government agencies, utilities, and commercial enterprises to fully exploit the future of communications, analytics, and cybersecurity.
As Chief Innovation Officer, Chris is responsible for leading strategic value creation by operationalizing Peraton’s strategy and partnering with C-Suite personnel and functional vice presidents, sector presidents, general managers, capture managers, and account managers for execution. Chris works to align Peraton’s sector investments with Peraton’s strategic plan and ensure that Peraton's infrastructure is aligned with growth. He is also the point person for shaping the future of Peraton. Chris has over 20 years of domestic and global cyber expertise. He has a long history of leading multiple business growth and strategic campaigns across space, intelligence, cyber, and defense missions. Prior to joining Peraton, Chris spent 24 years with Northrop Grumman and its predecessor companies. Most recently, Chris was vice president, Information Warfare and Cyber Survivability and previously served as vice president, Global Cyber Solutions. Earlier, as the director of Strategy for Northrop Grumman’s former Cyber & Intelligence Mission Solutions division, he led strategic planning, market analyses, and growth efforts through innovative approaches. Chris earned his bachelor’s and master’s degrees in information systems from the University of Maryland, Baltimore County (UMBC). He was a Northrop Grumman technical fellow emeritus, a distinction bestowed on the company’s top scientific, technical and systems engineering talent. Valentino also serves on the UMBC College of Engineering and Information Technology (COEIT) external advisory board. |
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Our story
EXPANDING SUCCESS AND OPPORTUNITY on a strong foundation of innovation
With a distinguished heritage tracing back to Bell Labs, Bellcore, DHPC, and Telcordia, our experts build the future. We have created foundational technologies for diverse applications—from resilient high-speed networking, critical infrastructure cybersecurity and quantum communications, to AI-powered network management, multimedia media information analytics and laser-based countermeasures.
Our legacy includes:
We continue to build on this foundation of innovation to deliver mission critical technology research and high-value solutions to customers across defense, telecom, energy, finance, government, transportation, life sciences and the intelligence community. We’re enthusiastic about our future as we achieve new milestones with strong growth, expanding opportunities, and exciting careers.
At Peraton Labs, we
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Our legacy includes:
- Development and refinement of key information and communication technologies, including SONET, DSL, ATM, MIME (email), Video-on-Demand, DRM, Voice over IP, 3G / 4G / LTE, IPv6, and more
- Primary contributions to ‘firsts’ of the past including, the first multimedia email attachment, first wide-area ATM / SONET gigabit network, the oldest blockchain in the world, and the Army’s first state-of-the-art laboratory for testing infrared laser-based countermeasures
- Significant and leading roles in the development of open architectures and national and international standards
We continue to build on this foundation of innovation to deliver mission critical technology research and high-value solutions to customers across defense, telecom, energy, finance, government, transportation, life sciences and the intelligence community. We’re enthusiastic about our future as we achieve new milestones with strong growth, expanding opportunities, and exciting careers.
At Peraton Labs, we
- Tackle a wide variety of technical areas with deep expertise. Our combination of breadth and depth delivers novel solutions to secure 5G and the Internet of Things, orchestrate multi-domain operations, protect machine learning (ML) pipelines, and defend critical infrastructure, to name a few.
- Foster a vibrant culture of collaboration across teams, disciplines, and organizations. We leverage a rich network of university partners, strong customer relationships, and leading roles in key standards organizations, opensource communities, and industry bodies.
- Hire and advance researchers and engineers who are inspired by hard problems, energized by a dynamic environment, and excited to develop innovative solutions. Our employees embrace new and emerging areas to apply cutting-edge research to customer problems.
- Pursue technology transfer and commercialization to make a lasting impact. We not only create new technologies, but also advance, mature, and harden emerging capabilities to deliver mission-critical solutions that work at scale in complex, real-world environments.
Learn more about our careers, research, services, and products.
Credentials
Exceptional knowledge. Trusted experience.
Game-changing research and engineering
We are a leading provider of transformative applied research and engineering services across federal, defense and commercial sectors worldwide. Supported by independent research, academic and industry partnerships, and more than 100 government-funded research and technology programs, We provide advanced cybersecurity, mobility, machine learning, electronic warfare, quantum and information analytics capabilities that revolutionize solutions to our customers' most challenging problems. At the Labs, we have:
Participation and commitment to industry growth and standards
We are committed to being a leader in critical technologies and the establishment of industry standards. Our workforce has leadership positions in more than 20 standards and industry organizations including:
We are a leading provider of transformative applied research and engineering services across federal, defense and commercial sectors worldwide. Supported by independent research, academic and industry partnerships, and more than 100 government-funded research and technology programs, We provide advanced cybersecurity, mobility, machine learning, electronic warfare, quantum and information analytics capabilities that revolutionize solutions to our customers' most challenging problems. At the Labs, we have:
- Well-established collaborations with leading researchers at elite universities such as Princeton, Stanford, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, George Washington University, Virginia Tech, Rutgers, Purdue, Texas A&M, University of California San Diego and Penn State
- A broad research and engineering portfolio and long-standing relationships with key defense customers including the Defense Applied Research Projects Agency, U.S. Army (CCDC I2WD, CCDC Armaments, Aberdeen Test Center), Naval Air Systems Command and the Army, Air Force and Naval Research Labs
- Extensive industry partnerships serving customers within civilian agencies—Department of Energy, Department of Homeland Security, Security and Exchange Commission, Federal Communications Commission—and a broad spectrum of commercial customers in utilities, energy, transportation and life sciences sectors
- CMMI / Dev2 and ISO 9001:2015 (held by DHPC Technologies)
Participation and commitment to industry growth and standards
We are committed to being a leader in critical technologies and the establishment of industry standards. Our workforce has leadership positions in more than 20 standards and industry organizations including:
- Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineering (IEEE)
- Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF)
- GNU Radio Project
- Alliance for Telecommunications Industry Solutions (ATIS)
- SAE International Avionics System Division (ASD)
- Wi-SUN Alliance
- Small Cell Forum
- ZigBee Alliance
- Wi-Fi Alliance
- Global System for Mobile Communications (GSMA)
Consortia / OTAs
We are members of numerous consortia under other transaction authorities (OTAs) including:
- Air Force Life Cycle Management Center - Consortium Initiative (ACI)
- Air Force Research Laboratory Open System Acquisition Initiative (AFRL / OSIA)
- Autonomy Research Collaboration Network (ARCNet)
- Aviation and Missile Technology (AMTC)
- Border Security Technology Consortium (BSTC)
- Consortium for Command, Control, and Communications in Cyberspace (C5)
- Defense Automotive Technologies Consortium (DATC)
- Defense Ordnance Technology Consortium (DOTC) / National Armaments Consortium (NAC)
- Engineer Research and Development Center (ERDC)
- Information Warfare Research Project (IWRP)
- National Advanced Mobility Consortium (NAMC)
- National Spectrum Consortium (NSC)
- National Security Technology Accelerator (NSTXL)
- Naval Aviation Systems Consortium (NASC)
- Sensors, Communication, and Electronics Consortium (SCEC)
- Sensor Open Systems Architecture (SOSA)
- System of Systems Security (SOSSEC)
- U.S. Army Cyber Operations Broad Responsive Agreement (COBRA)
- Vertical Lift Consortium (VLC)
Contracts
AUSTC - IDIQAutonomous Unmanned Systems Teaming and Collaboration in GPS Denied Environments |
RS3 - IDIQResponsive Strategic Sourcing for Services |
TIES - IDIQTechnical Information Engineering Services |
Patents
Our long-standing culture of innovation is exemplified by the many patent inventors on our elite staff. Here are a few of the exciting technologies we have invented.
About Peraton
Peraton drives missions of consequence spanning the globe and extending to the farthest reaches of the galaxy. As the world’s leading mission capability integrator and transformative enterprise IT provider, we deliver trusted and highly differentiated national security solutions and technologies that keep people safe and secure. Peraton serves as a valued partner to essential government agencies across the intelligence, space, cyber, defense, civilian, health, and state and local markets. Every day, our 22,000 employees do the can’t be done, solving the most daunting challenges facing our customers. Visit Peraton.com/News and follow Peraton on LinkedIn for news and updates.
Highlights
Read Peraton Labs highlights for brief updates on technologies, projects, demonstrations, and accomplishments.
Our locations
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Corporate headquarters
150 Mount Airy Road Basking Ridge, NJ 07920 Red Bank Research and Innovation Center 331 Newman Springs Road Suite 241, Building 2, 4th Floor Red Bank, NJ 07701 Woodbridge Research and Innovation Center 10 Woodbridge Center Drive, Suite 650 Woodbridge, NJ 07095 Silver Spring Research and Innovation Center 8401 Colesville Road, Suite 400 Silver Spring, MD 20910 West Lafayette Research and Innovation Center 101 Foundry Drive, Suite 3800 West Lafayette, IN 47906 |
Bedford Research and Innovation Center 43 Constitution Drive, Suite 202 Bedford, NH 03110 Wharton Research and Innovation Center 175 N. Main St., 2nd Floor Wharton, NJ 07885 Belcamp Research and Innovation Center 4694 Millennium Drive, Suite 530 Belcamp, MD 21017 Westar Display Technologies, Inc. 4 Research Park Drive St. Charles, MO 63304 |
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