X-Bow Opens New Office in Indian Head, MD to Support National Defense Priorities

U.S. Navy Selects X-Bow for New $7 Million Award to Accelerate Energetics & Munitions Modernization at NSWC IHD

INDIAN HEAD, Md., Feb. 28, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- X-Bow Systems Inc (X-Bow), the leading non-traditional producer of advanced solid rocket motors (SRMs) and defense technologies, announced the grand opening of its new office in Indian Head, Maryland, reinforcing its commitment to supporting national defense priorities and strengthening its partnership with the Naval Surface Warfare Center, Indian Head Division (NSWC IHD), the Navy's premier facility for energetics and munitions.

A ribbon-cutting ceremony held on February 27, 2025, marked the official opening of the new office. X-Bow CEO Jason Hundley welcomed guests, followed by remarks from distinguished speakers representing the Department of Defense (DoD), the Charles County Military Alliance Council, local government, and private industry.

The full list of speakers at Thursday's event included:

• Jason Hundley – X-Bow CEO
• Mike Bender – X-Bow COO
• Dr. Phil Stracener – X-Bow Director, Global Facility Solutions
• Ashley Johnson – NSWC IHD Technical Director
• Andrew McClain – Roebbelen Vice President (Design-Build Partner)
• Reuben Collins – Charles Country Board of County Commissioners President
• Michelle Goodwin – Military Alliance Council of Charles County Vice Chair

Concurrent with the office opening, X-Bow announced it has been selected for a new $7 million contract with NSWC IHD. This contract will focus on implementing cutting-edge technology to further modernize the Indian Head facility, enhancing efficiency, speed, and cost-effectiveness, in alignment with the DoD's focus on streamlining operations and maximizing productivity.

"X-Bow is honored to play a pivotal role in innovating NSWC IHD and solidifying its position as the Navy's center of excellence for ordnance, energetics, and EOD solutions," said Jason Hundley, X-Bow CEO. "This new office will enable us to better serve our customer's needs and accelerate the modernization of the U.S. Navy's energetics industrial base, through both our P3 partnership and our efforts to modernize and refit the base for the future."

"We've waited a long time for this type of partnership to materialize, this it the way business has to be done in the future," said Ashley G. Johnson, Technical Director, Naval Surface Warfare Center, Indian Head Division. "We want to be a part of that innovation and bring our facilities, our experience and our expertise to this challenge. The country needs this type of partnership to advance innovation."

This award builds upon X-Bow's existing partnership with NSWC IHD. In 2024, as part of the U.S. Navy's $2.7 billion 15-year modernization plan for NSWC IHD, a key component of the DoD's national defense strategy, X-Bow received a $60 million award to begin modernizing and automating key facilities and capabilities to rapidly scale SRM production.

X-Bow's expanded presence in Charles County is expected to generate a significant positive economic impact on the local community, creating jobs and contributing to regional economic growth.

To support the modernization project, X-Bow has partnered with Roebbelen Contracting Inc., an award-winning design/build general contractor and construction management firm. Roebbelen will provide design/build services for the modernization project, managing facility infrastructure design and preconstruction services for the initial phase. X-Bow will contribute its expertise in energetics technology, processes, and equipment. Roebbelen will also serve as the general contractor, providing modernization and installation support for the IHD projects.

About X-Bow Systems
X-Bow Systems is disrupting the aerospace industry with innovative and cost-effective advanced manufactured energetics for the solid rocket motor and launch vehicle market. X-Bow is also designing and building a suite of modular solid rocket motors and small launch vehicles for both orbital and suborbital launch services. X-Bow is led by CEO Jason Hundley, Chairman Mark Kaufman, CTO Max Vozoff, CRO Maureen Gannon, General Counsel John Leary, COO Mike Bender and a growing team of seasoned industry veterans and new space entrepreneurs. X-Bow is a dual-use technology company with investment from Crosslink Capital, Razor's Edge Ventures, Balerion Space Ventures, Boeing, Arkenstone Capital, The Capital Factory, and Lockheed Martin Ventures. Headquartered in Albuquerque, New Mexico, X-Bow has additional presence in California, Alabama, Colorado, Texas, Utah, Maryland and Washington, DC. For more information visit www.xbowsystems.com.

About NSWC IHD
NSWC IHD — a field activity of the Naval Sea Systems Command and part of the Navy's Science and Engineering Establishment — is the leader in ordnance, energetics, and EOD solutions. The Division focuses on energetics research, development, testing, evaluation, in-service support, manufacturing and disposal; and provides warfighters solutions to detect, locate, access, identify, render safe, recover, exploit and dispose of explosive ordnance threats.

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