Federal contractor · BASKING RIDGE, NJ

PERATON LABS INC

PERATON LABS INC received $36.8M in federal contract obligations in FY2026, on 19 awards (−22% vs FY2025). Since FY2017: $571M. Its largest customer was Department of the Navy ($20.5M). It also received $2.1M in federal grants and other assistance in FY2026.

Obligations · FY2026
$36.8M
New awards
19
Sole-source
52%
Single offer
8.2%
UEI
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Spending by fiscal year

Obligations per federal fiscal year (October–September).

  1. 46.7MFY2017
  2. 33.4MFY2018
  3. 42.9MFY2019
  4. 48.3MFY2020
  5. 64.7MFY2021
  6. 79.3MFY2022
  7. 85.2MFY2023
  8. 86.6MFY2024
  9. 47.1MFY2025
  10. 36.8MFY2026

Top buying agencies

Obligations in FY2026.

  1. Department of the Navy$20.5M56%
    6 awards
  2. Department of the Air Force$8.1M22%
    4 awards
  3. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency$6.4M18%
    4 awards
  4. Department of the Army$1.7M4.6%
    3 awards
  5. Defense Contract Management Agency-$16.1K0.0%
    2 awards

What was bought · Where the work was performed

Obligations in FY2026.

What was bought

  1. Research & development$35.5M97%
  2. IT & telecom$1.2M3.4%

Where the work was performed

  1. Somerset County, NJ$36.8M100%

Integrity signals

Shares of the year's obligations, next to the country's.

  • Low competition60%
    US 39% · $22.2M
  • Sole-source awards52%
    US 30% · $19.2M
  • Single-offer competitions8.2%
    US 8.8% · $3M
  • Urgency justifications0.0%
    US 5.1% · $0

A signal is a reason to look closer, not evidence of wrongdoing: most sole-source awards are lawful and justified.

Agencies awarding it sole-source contracts

  1. Department of the Navy$18.8M
    Department of Defense · 1 awards
  2. Department of the Army$360K
    Department of Defense · 1 awards

Largest awards

  1. DARPA JANUS PROGRAM$68.6M
    Department of the Navy· Somerset County, NJ· Research & development· Oct 20, 2022 – May 28, 2026· N6523623C8004
  2. DARPA RESEARCH PROJECT$29.1M
    Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency· Somerset County, NJ· Research & development· Sep 27, 2021 – May 5, 2026· HR001121C0196
  3. DARPA BAA LINC PROGRAM$12M
    Department of the Navy· Somerset County, NJ· Research & development· Nov 3, 2022 – May 6, 2026· N6523623C8002
  4. DATA BUS CYBER SECURITY - NRE$9.2M
    Department of the Navy· Somerset County, NJ· Other equipment & supplies· May 9, 2023 – Apr 22, 2026· N0001923C0048
  5. COMBINED ADAPTIVE SENSING FOR PERVASIVE EVENT RECONSTRUCTIONS (CASPER)$8.4M
    Defense Contract Management Agency· Somerset County, NJ· Research & development· Jun 15, 2017 – May 12, 2026· FA865016C7623
  6. DENALI TA5C$8.3M
    Department of the Air Force· Somerset County, NJ· Research & development· Dec 13, 2022 – Jun 5, 2026· FA875023C1006
  7. SCOUTSHIP$7M
    Department of the Air Force· Somerset County, NJ· Research & development· Feb 26, 2024 – Mar 27, 2026· FA875024CB017
  8. BPL TA1$5.9M
    Department of the Navy· Somerset County, NJ· Research & development· Feb 12, 2024 – Apr 21, 2026· N6523624C8007

Federal grants & assistance received

Grants, loans (counted at their subsidy cost), direct payments and insurance, by fiscal year of the action (USAspending.gov, FABS). Reported apart from contracts and never added to them.

PERATON LABS INC received $2.1M in federal assistance in FY2026, on 2 actions (0 new awards), +47% vs FY2025. Its largest program was 47.084 · Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships ($1.4M).

Assistance · FY2026
$2.1M
New awards
0
Actions
2
Since FY2021
$4.6M

Assistance by fiscal year

  1. -83.2KFY2021
  2. 1.1MFY2024
  3. 1.4MFY2025
  4. 2.1MFY2026

By type

  1. Grants$2.1M100%

Top programs

  1. 47.084 · Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships$1.4M67%
  2. 12.630 · Basic, Applied, and Advanced Research in Science and Engineering$700K33%

Awarding agencies

  1. National Science Foundation$1.4M67%
  2. Department of the Army$700K33%
    Department of Defense

Largest awards

  1. COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH: IDEAS LAB: DEMOCRATIZING LOW LATENCY WIRELESS FOR REMOTE XR MEDICAL COLLABORATION -THIS PROJECT WILL ADVANCE NEXT…$2.6M
    47.084 · Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships· National Science Foundation· Cooperative agreement· Jul 7, 2025 – Aug 5, 2026· 2454015
  2. NEW COOPERATIVE AGREEMENT FOR ARCEDD-CRP PROGRAM TITLED: CYBER ADVERSARIAL RESILIENCE FOR UNMATCHED SUPERIORITY (CAERUS)$2.1M
    12.630 · Basic, Applied, and Advanced Research in Science and Engineering· Department of the Army· Cooperative agreement· May 13, 2024 – May 7, 2026· W911NF2420115

Source: Federal financial assistance transactions (Financial Assistance Broker Submission) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov), data current to Oct 8, 2026, loaded Oct 8, 2026 · FY2021–FY2026.

Subawards

Matched by Unique Entity ID: the first-tier subawards this organization reported as a prime recipient, and those primes reported paying it.

As a prime: who it pays · FY2026

  • Sub-contracts: $94.2K (2 subawards)

2 sub-recipients

  1. SAP NATIONAL SECURITY SERVICES INC$93.3K99%
    NEWTOWN SQUARE, PA · 1 subaward
  2. THE TRUSTEES OF COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY IN THE CITY OF NEW YORK$9131.0%
    NEW YORK, NY · 1 subaward

As a sub-recipient: who pays it · FY2026

  • Sub-contracts: $179.5K (1 subaward)

1 prime

  1. HX5,, LLC$179.5K100%
    FORT WALTON BEACH, FL · 1 subaward

Its reported sub-contracts equal 0.3% of its FY2026 contract obligations.

By fiscal year

  • FY2021: $22.2M paid out · $11.5M received
  • FY2022: $10.3M paid out · $1.8M received
  • FY2023: $23.6M paid out · $8.7M received
  • FY2024: $8.2M paid out · $14M received
  • FY2025: $9M paid out · $2.4M received
  • FY2026: $94.2K paid out · $179.5K received

Primes report first-tier subawards of $30,000 or more themselves, and many go unreported (GAO-24-106214). Reporting moved from FSRS to SAM.gov in March 2025 and fewer sub-contracts have been reported since. Amounts are what primes reported; they are never added to prime award totals.

Source: Subawards (first-tier sub-contracts and sub-grants reported under FFATA) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov (reports filed in SAM.gov, formerly FSRS)), data current to Oct 8, 2026, loaded Oct 8, 2026 · Subawards loaded from FY2021.

Teaming partners

Companies this company reported paying, primes that reported paying it, from FFATA subaward reports.

Companies it pays

68 companies · $73.4M reported

  1. RED BALLOON SECURITY, INC$16.8M
    NEW YORK, NY · 5 subawards · Scientific research and development services
  2. VIASAT INC$7.5M
    CARLSBAD, CA · 2 subawards · Scientific research and development services
  3. PUNCH CYBER CORP$5.3M
    RESTON, VA · 2 subawards · Scientific research and development services

Primes that pay it

12 companies · $38.6M reported

  1. THE PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY$12.5M
    UNIVERSITY PARK, PA · 4 subawards
  2. RADIANCE TECHNOLOGIES INC$10.5M
    HUNTSVILLE, AL · 35 subawards · Scientific research and development services
  3. CACI, INC. - FEDERAL$10M
    CHANTILLY, VA · 2 subawards · Scientific research and development services

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Primes report first-tier subawards of $30,000 or more themselves, and many go unreported (GAO-24-106214). Reporting moved from FSRS to SAM.gov in March 2025 and fewer sub-contracts have been reported since. Amounts are what primes reported; they are never added to prime award totals.

Source: Subawards (first-tier sub-contracts and sub-grants reported under FFATA) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov (reports filed in SAM.gov, formerly FSRS)), data current to Oct 8, 2026, loaded Oct 8, 2026 · Subawards loaded from 2021.

Competitors

Companies that win from the same buyers in the same markets: obligations by agency and industry compared over the last three fiscal years.

Compared on 9 markets (agency × industry), FY2024–FY2026.

  1. SYSTEMS & TECHNOLOGY RESEARCH LLC$263.6M−13% in FY2026
    WOBURN, MA · 91% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveNavy · Scientific research and development servicesDefense Advanced Research Projects Agency · Scientific research and development servicesAir Force · Scientific research and development services+1 more
  2. CHARLES RIVER ANALYTICS, INC.$93.6M−68% in FY2026
    CAMBRIDGE, MA · 51% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveNavy · Scientific research and development servicesAir Force · Scientific research and development servicesDefense Advanced Research Projects Agency · Scientific research and development services+1 more
  3. TOYON RESEARCH CORPORATION$154.3M−36% in FY2026
    GOLETA, CA · 61% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveNavy · Scientific research and development servicesAir Force · Scientific research and development servicesDefense Advanced Research Projects Agency · Scientific research and development services+2 more

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Who sells to the same buyers in the same markets, not who wins against whom on a given contract. Prime contract obligations by the agency and NAICS code of each award; subawards are never added. A company is a family of legal entities, joined by parent UEI or, in part, by an AI reading of names.

Source: Federal contract transactions (Federal Procurement Data System) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov), data current to Oct 7, 2026, loaded Oct 7, 2026 · FY2024–FY2026.

Source: Federal contract transactions (Federal Procurement Data System) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov), data current to Oct 7, 2026, loaded Oct 7, 2026.