The Launch/Early Orbit, Anomaly Resolution, and Disposal Operations (LADO) system experts from Braxton Technologies were called in to contact the satellite and regain control, and subsequently turn the wayward IIF satellite back over to the AEP control segment.

Due to a recent spate of new products and services contracts, Braxton is hiring in Colorado Springs, CO, Pleasanton, CA, and specific job site locations. Particular interests are Java, C++ and database developers, web designers, proposal managers, and finance analysts.

Braxton Technologies is the event sponsor for Tee Up For Life Colorado Springs for July 31, 2010. You can support too by playing a round of golf or donating: http://teeupforlifecoloradosprings.org Tee Up For Life Colorado Springs is the premier charity golf tournament of the Pikes Peak region, benefiting the American Cancer Society. Fun and fellowship in a good cause.

Braxton Technologies, LLC today announced the integration of its industry-leading ACE Premier™ command and control (C2) product suite Front End Processor (FEP) with AMERGINT Technologies, LLC softFEP™. This integration ensures seamless interface of the Braxton AceFEP and the latest Air Force Cryptologic Systems Group (CPSG) IP-based satellite ground station cryptographic device, the KS-252. The new KS-252 Ground Operating Equipment is slated for use on space vehicle and ground segment programs for which ACE Premier™ is well-positioned. The KS-252 crypto significantly reduces design complexity and cost for new and modernized command and control systems while maintaining data security and integrity.

Braxton Technologies, LLC today confirmed it is part of the Raytheon Company-led team that has been awarded the U.S. Air Force contract for the Global Positioning System (GPS) advanced control segment (OCX), the new ground system for the critical GPS satellite constellation. This contract will continue the Raytheon Team’s initial achievements from the down-select contract, also known as Phase A, into full GPS OCX development, deployment and sustainment.

The U.S. Air Force chose Raytheon to develop a new element of the Global Positioning System (GPS), called the Advanced Control Segment (OCX), which will improve the accuracy of information from GPS satellites. "Raytheon teammates include The Boeing Company, ITT, Braxton Technologies, Infinity Systems Engineering and the Jet Propulsion Laboratory."

Raytheon Co., Aurora, Colo., was awarded an $886,440,679 contract which will provide for command, control and mission support for the Block II and Block III family of satellites; support existing and new interface; and support the evolution of the systems to a net-centric paradigm. At this time, $300,000 has been obligated. 55 CONS/LGCD, Offutt Air Force Base, Neb., is the contracting activity (N61339-03-D-0300).

The last in the series of eight modernized Global Positioning System IIR satellites, GPS IIR-21(M), was declared operational Thursday for military and civilian users worldwide, just 10 days after launching from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station. “The 50th Space Wing is extremely proud of adding this new satellite to the operational constellation and we look forward to continuing to use this spacecraft to help with the current fight as well as to support civil users around the world,” said Colonel Wayne Monteith, 50th Space Wing Commander.

eSpace: The Center for Space Entrepreneurship, a non-profit business incubator for aerospace companies, today announced that it has added new members [Frank Backes, CEO, Braxton Technologies, LLC] to its board of directors and a new member to its team of government liaisons. Already lauded for workforce development programs that encourage high school and college students to enter the aerospace industry, eSpace now fortifies its position as mentor with high-level, connected advisors and guides who can help space entrepreneurs succeed in the highly-regulated, tight-knit aerospace industry during a recessionary economy.

Colorado Companies to Watch is pleased to announce Braxton Technologies as This Week’s Colorado Company to Watch. The Sponsors & Partners of Colorado Companies to Watch including Colorado Springs Regional Economic Development Corporation, and the Colorado Office of Economic Development & International Trade congratulates Braxton Technologies, on this great accomplishment. Braxton Technologies, LLC, provides command and control systems to government and commercial customers. Braxton products currently control Global Positioning System (GPS) launch, anomaly resolution, and disposal operations. This Colorado Company to Watch is growing, with over 130% increase in revenue from 2007 to 2008, and employment is expected to increase from 58 in 2008 to 91 in 2009. Braxton Technologies, LLC, is a Colorado Company to Watch due to its powerful combination of visionary leadership, financial strength, technology innovation, and community responsibility.

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Braxton Technologies, LLC, a command and control products and services company headquartered in Colorado Springs, Colorado, today announced that CEO Frank Backes received the Ernst & Young Entrepreneur Of The Year® 2009 Award in the Services category in the Rocky Mountain Region. According to Ernst & Young LLP, the award recognizes outstanding entrepreneurs who are building and leading dynamic, growing businesses. Frank Backes was selected by an independent panel of judges, and the award was presented at a gala event at the Grand Hyatt in downtown Denver on June 18, 2009.

Colorado Springs is building a reputation as a leader in the Global Positioning Satellite marketplace. Not only is the city home to the missile defense and satellite control systems headquartered at Schriever Air Force and to Air Force Space Command’s headquarters at Peterson Air Force Base, it is supported by emerging private sector GPS companies as well.

More than 50 million civil and 100,000 Department of Defense users rely on the global positioning system (GPS), much of which gets support from technologies and command centers in the Pikes Peak region.

Ernst & Young LLP Thursday announced the Rocky Mountain region finalists for its Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year awards. The finalists [to include Braxton CEO, Frank Backes] were chosen by an independent judging panel of regional business, academic and community leaders. The winners will be announced at a gala on June 18 at the Grand Hyatt Denver hotel.

Braxton Technologies. These are the professionals that accomplish the LADO, or Launch, Anomaly Resolution and Disposal Operations for the GPS constellation, and they manned a booth with their latest software up and running on GPS command and control (C2) terminals at the symposium. But the fun part was that the terminals controlled a very visible and full-motion overhead model GPS satellite complete with operating solar panels that sought the sun, and a motor so you could see the results of the commands you sent to the satellite, especially the Delta V maneuvers.

YOUR MISSION. YOUR SCHEDULE. YOUR PARTNER. Braxton was one of 37 co-sponsors for the 7,500+ participants who attended the 25th National Space Symposium.

A United Launch Alliance Delta II rocket successfully launched the Air Force’s Global Positioning Satellite IIR-20(M) into orbit from Space Launch Complex 17A at 4:34 a.m., EDT. This was the 47th successful GPS launch for the Delta II in its storied 20-year history. The very first Delta II launch on Feb. 14, 1989 was the NAVSTAR II-1 launch. NAVSTAR is now commonly known as GPS.

Braxton Technologies today announced its continuing partnership with Assurance Technology Corporation (ATC) in developing the Self-Awareness Space Situation Awareness (SASSA) Demonstration System. The two-year, $28 million SASSA project is administered by the Air Force Space and Missile Systems Center, Los Angeles Air Force Base, Calif.

The Raytheon Co.-led [including Braxon Technologies] team vying for the U.S. Air Force contract for the next generation GPS control segment (OCX) has completed a segment design review and modernized capability engineering model demonstration, the company has announced.

Braxton Technologies today announced significant achievements as a member of the Raytheon Team working the ongoing 18-month, $160 million Global Positioning System (GPS) Operational Control Segment (OCX) program administered by the Air Force Space and Missile Systems Center, Los Angeles Air Force Base, Calif.