X-Bow Systems Inc, a national supplier of advanced manufactured solid rocket motors (SRMs) and defense technologies, announces the successful third flight of its Bolt Rocket. The XB-32 motor, part of X-Bow’s Bolt rocket family, is the largest Advanced Manufactured Solid Propellant (AMSP) motor ever flown, utilizing the company’s patented advanced manufacturing technology. This milestone confirms the scalability and effectiveness of X-Bow’s approach, demonstrating that affordable, large-scale production of SRMs is achievable.
The Commercial Mission-1 (CM-1) flight successfully gathered critical data for pre- and post-flight analysis, validating the motor’s performance and confirming X-Bow’s ability to accurately predict SRM characteristics. The fully in-house designed, developed, and operated Bolt rocket family will have multiple upcoming missions, in partnership with Los Alamos National Labs.
Sponsored by the Defense Innovation Unit (DIU) and US Army Space and Missile Defense Command and with further support from Redwire, New Mexico Tech, DARPA, and Air Force Research Labs, this mission represents a new era of options for both commercial and defense contractors in SRM manufacturing. X-Bow’s innovative ‘digital-twin’ technology and modular SRM production allow customers to tailor SRM performance to specific mission needs, providing unmatched flexibility compared to traditional single-point designs. This capability positions X-Bow as a leader in an industry where capacity and development constraints often limit new entrants.
X-Bow’s groundbreaking work is reshaping the future of SRM manufacturing, offering unprecedented flexibility and scalability to meet the evolving needs of the commercial and defense sectors.