X-Bow First to Deploy Lockheed Martin's Secure AI for Rocket Production

https://prn.to/430xODB\r\n\r\nRocket manufacturer X-Bow Systems has adopted a secure artificial intelligence platform from Lockheed Martin to boost its production capabilities.\r\n\r\nAstris AI Factory’s integration into X-Bow’s process will increase solid rocket motor manufacturing by embedding AI-driven process control and data governance across its facilities. \r\n\r\nThe platform provides a defense-grade digital environment that safeguards sensitive manufacturing data while enabling real-time process optimization and quality assurance. \r\n\r\nThis setup will allow the company to manage intellectual property and design data in a classified environment, maintaining complete integrity from design to deployment. \r\n\r\nX-Bow CEO Jason Hundley described the move as “a game-changer for data governance and production integrity” that would give space for the company to deliver “rapid, affordable solid rocket motors for our customers.”\r\n\r\nAI’s Expanding Role in Ammunition\r\nAI and digital integration are rapidly transforming how defense contractors produce munitions and propulsion systems. \r\n\r\nIn July 2025, Los Angeles-based startup Hadrian raised about $260 million to build an AI-enabled manufacturing facility in Arizona that will use digital twins, generative models, and automated lines to scale output on demand.\r\n\r\nDivergent Technologies, meanwhile, teamed up with Raytheon in August 2025 to use Divergent Adaptive Production Systems for the digital manufacturing of naval systems.\r\n\r\nIn Europe, MBDA has deployed predictive AI systems to detect anomalies during warhead assembly.