US Army and X-Bow announce $13.9M joint investment in a new GMLRS rocket motor

X-Bow Systems/Luling solid rocket motor plant

The Army and X-Bow will split the cost of designing, prototyping and testing a solid rocket motor for the standard-range GMLRS guided rocket, made with X-Bow's machine-made propellant. The Pentagon's Office of Strategic Capital backs the project to create a second supply chain for these motors.

• $13.9M, cost-matched between government and X-Bow.
• KBR's Kord Technologies provides systems engineering.
• X-Bow says the Luling campus will be able to make thousands of motors, including GMLRS.