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.
Under the contract, X-Bow (pronounced “crossbow”) will fully adapt its proprietary rocket-motor technology for use on hypersonic weapons systems managed by both the U.S. Army and U.S. Navy. And, through that process, the company expects to establish rapid, low-cost production capacity to manufacture made-to-order, solid-state rocket motors for different U.S. Department of Defense missile systems, potentially converting the startup into a stable, large-scale producer of rocket motors for the DOD.
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