X-Bow Systems is an aerospace and defense technology company specializing in advanced manufacturing of solid rocket motors (SRMs) and launch vehicles. They design and build modular SRMs and small launch vehicles for both suborbital and orbital launch services. X-Bow utilizes advanced manufacturing techniques to produce customizable, low-cost SRMs, and offers comprehensive flight test services. Key partners and customers include the U.S. Air Force Research Labs, Los Alamos National Lab, Sandia National Labs, and the Defense Research Projects Agency (DARPA). Associated keywords: solid rocket motors, advanced manufacturing, launch services, suborbital, orbital, defense technology.
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The Navy contracts build on X-Bow Systems’ recent defense deals, including selection to develop solid propulsion for hypersonic missiles and for the Standard Missile program.
X-Bow Systems signed a 20-year agreement with the Naval Surface Warfare Center Indian Head Division in 2023 to cooperate in the development and manufacturing of solid propellant rocket systems.
X-Bow Systems won $60,000,000 in Navy contracts to modernize solid rocket production facilities.
X-Bow Systems received a $64,000,000 contract to supply large solid rocket motors to the U.S. Navy and U.S. Army.
X-Bow Systems received multiple agreements worth over $35,000,000 from the Air Force Research Laboratory.
X-Bow Systems’ STRATFI agreement includes $30,000,000 in U.S. Air Force funding and $30,000,000 in matching funds from private investors.
The AFRL contract to X-Bow Systems is a three-year contract announced on 2023-09-26.
AFRL’s $17,800,000 contract covers a portion of the government’s share of X-Bow Systems’ $60,000,000 STRATFI agreement.
The mission named XL-2B continues to build collaboration between X-Bow Systems and LANL.
Partnerships with companies like X-Bow allow LANL to move faster at lower costs and increase confidence in their teams and technologies.
X-Bow Systems offers its Bolt Orbital Vehicle to the U.S. Space Force on the OSP-4 contract.
In October 2019 the Space Force office selected several small launch providers to compete for task orders over nine years, including Virgin Orbit, Xbow Launch Systems, Firefly Aerospace, and Aevum Launch.
VOX Space, Aevum, Astra, X-Bow, Rocket Lab, and Space Vector were notified in June that they would collectively receive $116,000,000 in contracts to launch small satellites for the U.S. government.
The U.S. Defense Department canceled on 2020-07-01 plans to award launch contracts to six small launch vehicle developers: Aevum, Astra, X-Bow, Rocket Lab, Space Vector, and VOX Space.
X-Bow will receive a Defense Production Act Title 3 contract to launch two rideshare missions for government customers over the next 24 months.
SAM.gov posted a 2020-06-18 announcement that Aevum, Astra, X-Bow, Rocket Lab, Space Vector, and VOX Space will each receive noncompetitive contracts to launch two rideshare missions for government customers over the next 24 months.
Eight vendors—SpaceX, Xbow Launch Systems, Northrop Grumman, Firefly Aerospace, United Launch Alliance, Aevum, VOX Space, and Rocket Lab—were selected to compete for OSP-4 missions to launch small and medium payloads over 180 kg.