Keith Conner, formerly the senior director of innovation at Peraton, has joined McLean, Va.-based professional services firm NuWave Solutions as its new chief technology officer.

Alison Paris, who holds 15 years of federal market experience, has been named vice president of talent acquisition at Peraton.

Stu Shea, CEO of Peraton and 2020 Wash100 Award recipient, has commented on how the COVID-19 has disrupted the daily lives of Americans and the national economy, as well as how Peraton will combat the virus within the company, Peraton announced on Monday. 

Mike Moran, former vice president of space strategies at Peraton and a retired U.S. Air Force colonel, has joined small satellite data provider PredaSAR as chief operating officer.

Peraton has secured a potential $218.6M blanket purchase agreement covering satellite communications services to U.S. African Command and its mission partners.

TYSONS CORNER, VA, February 28, 2020 — The U.S. Navy awarded Peraton a position on a potential $982.1M indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract to help the service branch update and maintain its unmanned surface vehicle family of systems, ExecutiveBiz reported Feb. 18.

Jim Garrettson, founder and CEO of Executive Mosaic, presented Stu Shea, chairman, president & CEO of Peraton, his fourth Wash100 Award as part of the 2020 selection on Wednesday. 

Peraton has secured a potential five-year, $277.5M contract to help the U.S. Customs Border and Protection manage a suite of airborne radar systems that support the agency's air, maritime and ground surveillance missions.

Peraton has received a 20-month other transaction agreement to develop, engineer and integrate a satellite ground terminal system to support the U.S. Army’s tactical space defense mission.

Peraton has secured a potential five-year, $185.8M contract through the General Services Administration's One Acquisition Solution for Integrated Services vehicle to provide ground surveillance and domain awareness services at the U.S.-Mexico border.