ALBUQUERQUE, N.M.,
June 18,
2024 /PRNewswire/ -- X-Bow Systems Inc. (X-Bow), the
nation's leading new 3rd supplier and advance
manufacturer of solid rocket motors (SRMs) and defense
technologies, today announced that the United States Navy has
awarded it both the Mk 72 booster and Mk 104 dual-thrust solid
rocket motor (SRM) development contracts to further enhance
performance and increase capacitance for the service's Standard
Missile program. These awards represent the 7th and 8th SRMs
to be under development and or awarded to X-Bow in the last 8
months. X-Bow is under contract to supply new SRM's in both
strategic and tactical sizes to multiple armed services and
commercial customers , while also developing the world's most
affordable production giga-campus for SRMs.
"X-Bow Systems is proud to be a partner in addressing the
Nation's critical need for more solid rocket motors. We have
assembled a nationwide, experienced and talented team that is
revolutionizing the approach to conventional manufacturing :
enabling performance, flexibility, scaling, affordability, and
reliability" said Jason Hundley,
X-Bow CEO.
Under these two contracts, X-Bow Systems will develop new
designs for the Mk 72 and Mk 104 SRMs using its state-of-the-art
design tools and unique patented advanced manufacturing
approaches for the first and second stage propulsion of the
Navy's Standard Missiles (see recent follow-on AFRL RE-ARM
contract award for more detail).
The efforts are in collaboration with the Navy's Program
Executive Office Integrated Warfare Systems (PEO IWS) 3.0, Naval
Air Warfare Center – Weapons Division at China Lake, Naval Surface
Warfare Center at Indian Head and John Hopkins University Applied
Physics Lab.
The current contracted efforts are for development of an
additional motor supplier to transition to production in the
upcoming months. X-Bow Systems is the only supplier to be
awarded contracts for both the Mk 72 and Mk 104.
ABOUT X-BOW SYSTEMS
X-Bow Systems is disrupting the aerospace industry with
innovative and cost-effective advanced manufacturing of energetics
for the solid rocket motor and launch vehicle market. X-Bow is also
designing and building a suite of modular solid rocket motors and
small launch vehicles for both orbital and suborbital launch
services. X-Bow is led by CEO Jason
Hundley, Chairman Mark
Kaufman, CTO Max Vozoff, CRO
Maureen Gannon, General Counsel John
Leary and a growing team of seasoned industry veterans and
new space entrepreneurs. Headquartered in Albuquerque, New Mexico, X-Bow has additional
presence in California,
Arizona, Alabama, Colorado, Texas, Maryland, Utah, and Washington, DC. X-Bow is actively recruiting
talented and determined individuals to join its team. For more
information visit www.xbowsystems.com
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