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X-Bow’s Large Solid Rocket Motor Completes System Requirements Review

X-Bow’s Large Solid Rocket Motor Completes System Requirements Review
X-Bow Systems has developed the Ballesta 32-inch solid rocket motor used to launch its Bolt Rocket. Photo: X-Bow Systems

Startup X-Bow Systems on Monday said the Large Solid Rocket Motor (LRSM) it is developing to become a second source supplier for two Army and Navy hypersonic weapons programs has successfully advanced through the Defense Department’s System Requirements Review (SRR), keeping the program on schedule. The SRR was the first major technical review for the LRSM, X-Bow said. The company is developing its SRM to be qualified as a second source for the Navy-designed Conventional Prompt Strike Weapon System, and…

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