LULING, Texas — X-Bow Systems, a Huntsville-founded producer of advanced solid rocket motors and defense technologies, has expanded its contract to provide large solid rocket motors to the Navy and the 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, the company said in a news release.
“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),” said Adele Ratcliff, director of the DoD’s Innovation Capability and Modernization (ICAM) Office. “X-Bow is a critical partner in the DIB ecosystem that aims to provide technical overmatch in the Hypersonics domain.”
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.
“This contract expansion underscores the critical role X-Bow is playing in modernizing the U.S. defense industrial base,” said X-Bow CTO Max Vozoff. “Our innovative manufacturing techniques and focus on advanced materials will enable us to deliver high-performance solid rocket motors more efficiently and cost-effectively, strengthening our national security posture.”
X-Bow was founded in 2016 in Huntsville and is now based in Albuquerque, N.M. The company specializes in additive manufacturing of solid rocket propellant to enable the rapid development of solid rocket motors.
X-Bow is nearing completion of its Texas campus which, when finished will be the second-largest solid rocket motor production facility in the United States.
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