The award covers a $50.4 million development phase and a $19.3 million qualification option. At award, $50 million was obligated to incrementally fund the 12-month development effort.
U.S. Army Contracting Command–Rock Island is administering the agreement. The Navy program is intended to replace single-purpose interceptors with a common architecture, including variants that fit more interceptors into each launch system.
The Navy plans to field an initial capability in early fiscal 2031. X-Bow will carry out the work at its manufacturing and research and development facilities in California, New Mexico and Texas.
The production tooling will support a line at the company’s Luling, Texas, site. That line will use X-Bow’s Modular Motor Architecture.
“To be the Arsenal of Freedom, we must first break the decades-old bottleneck in solid rocket motor production,” said Jason Hundley, X-Bow’s founder and chief executive. “This award is a clear signal the Pentagon is investing in advanced manufacturing to solve that problem, and we are ready to deliver the affordable, mass-producible propulsion our nation needs.”
X-Bow said the award is the latest of six new propulsion programs for which it has been selected in 2026, spanning the Navy, Army and Missile Defense Agency. The company also recently completed its first major production contract, delivering more than 2,100 combat-ready rocket motors.
