Lockheed Martin Space Systems, based in Jefferson County, announced that the modernized Global Positioning System Block IIR satellite it built has been declared fully operational for civil and military users after its launch from Cape Canaveral, Fla., on Oct. 17. The Global Positioning System is used for navigation, tracking time, velocity and location.
AlloSource, a Centennial-based nonprofit provider of skin, bone and soft-tissue allografts, announced a partnership with Keratec Ltd. of New Zealand. Under the agreement, Keratec and AlloSource will jointly develop a next-generation DBM putty for bone grafts, using Keratec’s proprietary Keragraft technology.
Zynex Medical Holdings Inc., a Littleton-based provider of pain- management systems and electrotherapy products, announced a 326 percent increase in orders for October compared with the same month last year.
UQM Technologies Inc., a developer of alternative energy technologies with headquarters in Frederick, announced it has received a $1 million cost-share contract from the California Energy Commission’s Public Interest Energy Research Program and the Department of Energy’s National Renewable Energy Laboratory to develop an advanced grid-connect inverter.
Western Union Co. of Douglas County announced an agreement with China Everbright Bank to offer money-transfer services at more than 300 China Everbright Bank branches.
Royal Gold Inc., a Denver-based precious-metals royalty company, has commenced a public offering of 1 million shares of its mandatory convertible preferred stock for $100 per share. The stock will be converted to Royal Gold common stock on Nov. 15, 2010.
SANZ Inc., a subsidiary of Douglas County-based SAN Holdings Inc., announced it received a $1.4 million order for integrated data-access solutions from a Department of Defense customer during the fourth quarter.
Qwest announced its seventh consecutive ranking as the top performer in the local-telecommunications-carrier segment and a No. 1 ranking in the long- distance segment for directory-assistance services, according to the Paisley National Directory Assistance Performance Index. Qwest also received top industry honors for directory-assistance speech recognition and lagniappe customer service (the Paisley Index of a perfectly handled call).
Humana Inc. announced the expansion of its Medicare presence in the area. Beginning Nov. 15, people eligible for Medicare in Adams, Arapahoe, Broomfield, Denver, Douglas and Jefferson counties can enroll in the local Humana Gold Plus HMO plan.
BabyUniverse Inc. of Denver began trading under its new ticker symbol, KIDS. The company recently completed a merger with eToys Direct.
Chipotle Mexican Grill of Denver announced it will no longer serve cheese made with milk from cows treated with the synthetic hormone rBGH (recombinant bovine growth hormone). Chipotle is the first national restaurant chain to eliminate rBGH entirely from items on its menu.
McKesson Health Solutions of Broomfield announced that the New Hampshire Department of Health and Human Services has extended McKesson’s Medicaid disease-management program for another year.
