X-Bow Systems has secured a $64 million contract from the Department of Defense to supply large solid rocket motors to the U.S. Navy and Army. The SRMs will boost the propulsion of the Navy's hypersonic All Up Round system, which is a component of the Navy's Conventional Prompt Strike and the Army's Long Range Hypersonic weapon systems.
Albuquerque-based startup X-Bow Systems won a $64 million defense contract that could set the company up as a long-term supplier of solid-state rocket motors for advanced weapons systems.