X-Bow to Receive Additional Funding for Expansion of DoD Contract for Hypersonic Solid Rocket Motor Development
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X-Bow to Receive Additional Funding for Expansion of DoD Contract for Hypersonic Solid Rocket Motor Development
X-Bow and DoD announced the expansion of its contract to provide large solid rocket motors (SRM) to the U.S. Navy and the U.S. Army. This increase reinforces X-Bow as a new supplier of SRMs and strengthens the Defense Department supply chain in a critical period for the United States.
Products & Services
WE FLY...Launch Services and Critical National Security Payloads
X-Bow Systems
X-Bow Systems provides agile and responsive sub-orbital launch services and testing payloads specifically tailored for national security customers. Leveraging our disruptive, in-house Advanced Manufactured Solid Propellant (AMSP) technology, and BOLT™ family of modular boost rockets, we deliver customizable motors and vehicles for diverse mission profiles. Our end-to-end integrated launch capabilities ensure rapid mission planning and flight timelines, with responsive payload integration and on-site launches powered by X-Bow's own high-performance solid rocket motors. This allows for flexible configurations and efficient testing of critical technologies in a sub-orbital environment.
WE BUILD...Modular Solid Rocket Motors customized to the mission.
X-Bow Systems
X-Bow Systems delivers mission-specific Solid Rocket Motors in a range of sizes, offering customizable propellants, motors, and vehicles with flexible configurations tailored precisely to mission requirements. Our approach prioritizes cost-effectiveness through low overhead and maintenance, enabling continuous upgrades and innovation while maintaining affordability. We achieve efficiency with rapid and responsive motor design, prototyping, testing, and production, ensuring short lead times and accelerated design cycles to meet critical timelines.
WE MAKE… Advanced Manufactured Solid Rocket Propellant
X-Bow Systems
X-Bow Systems employs a patented Advanced Manufactured Solid Rocket Propellant (AMSP) approach that revolutionizes solid rocket motor development. This method enables rapid, on-demand production, compressing the design and build cycle from months or years to mere days. This agility is ideal for cost-effective rapid prototyping and low-cost, one-off demonstrations. Furthermore, our continuous in-line mixing process enhances safety. AMSP also allows for the creation of unique propellant grains with flexible geometries, unlocking motor optimizations and tailorable performance not achievable through traditional manufacturing. This results in uniquely optimized motors designed precisely for specific needs.
WE REVITALIZE...Energetic Manufacturing Facilities
X-Bow Systems
X-Bow brings proven energetics facility modernization expertise, as demonstrated by our selection by the US Navy's Naval Surface Warfare Center Indian Head for $67M in contracts to revitalize energetics facilities. Building on our 2024 GWEO RFI submission to the Australian Defence Force, we offer advanced technical capabilities, robust project management, and a strong understanding of regulatory frameworks - positioning us as a trusted partner for modernizing energetics and solid rocket motor manufacturing infrastructure.
Description
Following the increase, X-Bow hosted Ms. Adele Ratcliff, Director of the DoD's Innovation Capability and Modernization (ICAM) Office, at our expanding Texas campus on December 3, 2024. Ms. Ratcliff leads the Industrial Base Analysis and Sustainment (IBAS) Program, crucial for fortifying the U.S. defense industry and fostering emerging sectors like advanced manufacturing to ensure rapid response to national security needs.
Ms. Ratcliff stated, "It is a national imperative that DoD seek new and rapid alternative sources of solid rocket motor production that provide the Department's decisions makers options that not only meet DoD's operational needs but bring capabilities and capacity to bear that grow the defense industrial base (DIB). X-Bow is a critical partner in the DIB ecosystem that aims to provide technical overmatch in the Hypersonics domain."
Ms. Ratcliff stated, "It is a national imperative that DoD seek new and rapid alternative sources of solid rocket motor production that provide the Department's decisions makers options that not only meet DoD's operational needs but bring capabilities and capacity to bear that grow the defense industrial base (DIB). X-Bow is a critical partner in the DIB ecosystem that aims to provide technical overmatch in the Hypersonics domain."
