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.

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."

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.

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.

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.

Ken O’Neil and Chris Rocha represented Braxton Technologies at the 2008 University of Colorado at Colorado Springs (UCCS) Engineering EXPO, where UCCS students and faculty operated Braxton’s RoboSat using Braxton’s ACE Premier™ command and control product suite.

By Bill Radford, The Gazette. Colorado Springs-based Braxton Technologies, at a time when many companies are hunkering down and trying to survive, is focused on growth.

Shawn O’Grady and Rebecca Myers wowed visitors with the Braxton ACE Premier™ satellite ground system commanding RoboSat at the Kennedy Space Center Expo in Port Canaveral, FL, October 21, 2008. Shawn and Rebecca are based in Braxton’s Melbourne, Florida, office.

The Braxton Excellence Awards through August 2008 were presented to Gerry Canovatchel, Michael Tupper, and Dr. Triet Tran.

G. Gaditano, Keith Walsh, and Gerry Canovatchel received the Pride @ Boeing Achievement Award. The three were acknowledged for their continuous support of the GPS LADO Laboratory and cryptographic functionality.

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Braxton Headquarters, located Colorado Springs, held a facility expansion ribbon cutting celebration on July 29th, 2008. The Chamber of Commerce attended with multiple ambassadors and provided the materials for the ribbon cutting. Read more for full article and pictures.

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30 Braxton employees and family members supported that Air Force Association (AFA) Lance P Sijan awards ceremony held to honor military members and civilian volunteers whose contributions to the Air Force are extraordinary. Braxton’s Debbie Estrem received a local certificate of appreciation and recognition for her upcoming national award in a category which there are only 10 awards issued across the country.


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Braxton Technologies, LLC, has become the Air Force Association (AFA) Lance P Sijan Chapter’s newest Community Partner. The Air Force Association supports local military personnel and organizations, and Braxton affirmed its commitment to this important work by joining over 150 other Chapter Community Partners.

Braxton’s booth on the main floor of the 24th National Space Symposium, April 7-10, 2008, at the Broadmoor Hotel in Colorado Springs, CO, was a hotbed of activity for space professionals and families alike. Visitors to the Braxton booth were able to control a satellite real-time through various operational phases and discuss with Braxton experts how best to use Braxton’s commercial-off-the-shelf (COTS) satellite communications ground system products and services.

The U.S. Air Force successfully launched the latest GPS satellite at 2:09 am EDT on March 15, 2008. This launch utilized the GPS LADO command and control system to ensure a picture-perfect launch and early-orbit operations. Braxton’s ACE Premier™ suite provides the framework for the GPS LADO system, which is expected to perform two more GPS satellite launches this year.

The latest GPS satellite was launched on December 20 of last year and set to healthy on January 2, setting a new record for transition from Launch to operations. Braxton Technologies’ ACE Premier is the framework for the new Launch/Early Orbit, Anomaly Resolution, Disposal, and Operations (LADO) System. The Air Force Space Command's 2nd Space Operations Squadron (2 SOPS) and its reserve associate unit 19 SOPS based at Schriever Air Force Base, Colorado, with the launch and early orbit operations for GPS IIR-18M (SVN 57) conducted the on-orbit deployment and checkout of all spacecraft systems in just over three days. Upon completion of navigation payload initialization, the satellite was declared operational on January 2 for both civil and military users.

We had a fabulous turn out. We would like to thank all the folks that stopped by our booth. This was a great year for making new friends as well as some excellent potential business contacts. There were many questions answered and we are confident that there are, now, many more people walking around knowing and understanding the vast array of services and software we have to offer them. We must give Double Kudos to the Space Foundation as well as the Broadmoor Hotel and Staff for another incredibly well done function. The professionalism was obvious to all.