'Mass layoff' at Peraton in Princess Anne will impact 49 jobs. Here's what we know.
Keith Demko- Peraton will lay off 49 employees at its Princess Anne, Maryland facility on April 30.
- The affected employees were notified on April 16.
- Peraton is a national security company specializing in IT and mission capability integration.
Peraton, a national security company with branches across the United States, has announced a "mass layoff" at its Princess Anne, Maryland, facility, according to the latest Maryland WARN notice.
Here's more on how many jobs will be impacted, what Peraton does and an example of the work performed at the Princess Anne operation.
'Mass layoff' at Princess Anne Peraton facility impacts 49 jobs
According to the Maryland WARN notice released April 21, the "mass layoff - no recall" will impact 49 employees at the Princess Anne facility at 30899 Park Drive. The notice said word went out to employees on April 16, and the layoff date is April 30.
Delmarva Now reached out to a Peraton spokesperson about how many jobs would remain and the future of the Princess Anne operation, but they had not responded by press time.
What does national security company Peraton do?
What exactly does Peraton do? The national security company with a focus on IT describes it's mission on its website:
"Peraton is a next-generation national security company that drives missions of consequence spanning the globe and extending to the farthest reaches of the galaxy. As one of the world’s leading mission capability integrators and transformative enterprise IT providers, we deliver trusted, highly differentiated solutions and technologies to protect our nation and allies from threats across the digital and physical domains. Peraton supports every branch of the U.S. Armed Forces, and we serve as a valued partner to essential government agencies that sustain our way of life."
What types of work does Peraton do in Princess Anne?
Peraton issued this news release in late 2024 describing a test mission that employees at the Princess Anne facility worked on:
"On Nov. 2, 2024, the U.S. Army Space and Missile Defense Command launched a Black Dagger Zombie target vehicle from Fort Wingate, New Mexico into White Sands Missile Range, New Mexico for their LTZ-2 test mission.
"Zombie targets are low-cost, tactical ballistic missile targets designed to travel flight paths that accurately simulate an adversarial threat. These exercises are conducted to verify the performance of missile defense systems, in this case, the U.S. Army’s Lower Tier Air and Missile Defense Sensor system. The “Black Dagger” configuration is a two-stage target vehicle that features a Mark 70 Terrier first stage and an M124 second stage.
"Across the country in Princess Anne, Maryland, Peraton supports missile defense target tests by helping design and manufacture Zombie missile targets using demilitarized solid rocket motors. This approach not only makes missile defense testing affordable while cutting down manufacturing time, but it also creates high-fidelity representations of adversarial ballistic missiles. Peraton’s Princess Anne team also travels to launch sites to perform launch operations of Zombie targets.
"The Princess Anne team focuses on low-cost suborbital launch services and features engineering, manufacturing, mission management and business operations staff to support full lifecycle launch services from design through launch and post flight reporting. The team focuses on providing launch services for missile defense targets and the hypersonic community."