X-Bow Systems on Jan. 12 announced it has completed preliminary design review (PDR) of its new Mk-72 and Mk-104 solid rocket ...

The successful completion of the PDR marks a significant step forward, validating the program's design maturity and accelerating X-Bow's commitment to expanding the domestic industrial base for solid ...

Northrop Grumman’s iteration of the Mk 72 solid rocket motor completes a static fire test on December 4 in Elkton, Maryland. (Photo Credit: Northrop Grumman) ELKTON, Md. – Dec. 18, 2025 – Northrop ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... The Colorado Economic Development Commission on Thursday approved its largest single incentive awards ever, extending $35.2 million in state tax credits to a ...

RICHMOND (WAVY) – Governor Glenn Youngkin announced that Avio USA Inc., a subsidiary of the global aerospace company Avio S.p.A., will invest up to $500 million to build a new advanced manufacturing ...

Avio USA, the Arlington County-based U.S. subsidiary of Italian rocket company Avio SpA, has chosen Virginia as the location for a $500 million advanced manufacturing facility where it will produce ...

A Virginia-based company has successfully tested the first of two new solid rocket motors. Called SMASH!22 and BAMM!29 2.0, Northrop Grumman’s motors are designed and manufactured in 2025 under the ...

Northrop Grumman test-fired a solid rocket motor called SMASH!22 Dec. 4 as part of its SMART Demo development program. Credit: Northrop Grumman WASHINGTON — Northrop Grumman tested a solid rocket ...

Both defense primes and plucky startups are vying for a piece of the growing pie in the solid rocket motor market. Credit: Olena Bartienieva/Alamy Stock Image The long-duopolistic solid rocket motor ...

New campus to expand rocket motor manufacturing capacity six-fold Facility to support U.S. missile defense modernization efforts L3Harris investing $500 million across multiple states to meet defense ...

(Reuters) -Defense supplier L3Harris Technologies said on Tuesday it will invest $400 million in a new solid rocket motor production campus in Arkansas, marking one of the largest such expansions in ...