Spaceport Support

About this technology

Overview

Command and Control Technologies (CCT) Corporation of Titusville, Florida, a Florida/NASA Business Incubator tenant, is commercializing technology based on Kennedy Space Center's (KSC's) spacecraft ground processing program known as the Control Monitor Unit (CMU). The CMU was developed by engineers with NASA and McDonnell Douglas Space & Defense Systems at KSC to prepare the International Space Station elements for launch. CCT is significantly expanding the commercial capability of the product, called the Command and Control ToolkitT (CCTK), according to Kevin Brown, CCT vice president for business development. In fact, CCT is the only U.S. firm specializing in launch vehicle control systems design and development for spaceports and new launch vehicle programs.