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X-Bow Systems on Tuesday said it successfully launched its Bolt rocket in a test that validated the company’s advanced manufacturing process for solid rocket motor (SRM) propellant, a big confidence booster that it can produce rocket motors and the fuel that powers them at significant quantities. The flight was the third launch of the 34-inch Bolt rocket, the previous two relying on propellant grains produced at the Navy’s Indian Head, Md., energetics facility using the traditional cast and pour method,…
