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Navy Awards X-Bow $60 Million To Modernize Energetics Facilities And Increase Capacity

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Navy Awards X-Bow $60 Million To Modernize Energetics Facilities And Increase Capacity
X-Bow Systems says its advanced manufacturing and energetics expertise is re-energizing the U.S. Navy's munitions industrial base, ensuring the production of critical munitions like the Standard Missile-2, which is vital for national defense in times of global conflict. (Source: US Navy photo by Petty Officer 1st Class Deanna Gonzales)

The Navy the past year has awarded X-Bow Systems five contracts worth a combined $60 million to modernize and automate energetics facilities at the Naval Surface Warfare Center Indian Head Division to increase production capacity, the company said on Tuesday. X-Bow said that under the phase one contracts it will design, develop, and procure long-lead equipment for several capabilities at Maryland-based Indian Head, including inert preparation facilities, propellant casting, automated propellant ingredient feeding, live rocket motor processing, and prototype premixing…

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