CoAspire

ALBUQUERQUE – October 29, 2026 -- X-Bow Systems has won its seventh new propulsion program of 2026, after prime contractor CoAspire selected it to develop and produce the ground-launched solid rocket motor (SRM) boosters for the U.S. Navy's Coalition Heterogeneous Affordable Offensive Strike (CHAOS) program.

CHAOS targets an affordable, mass-producible cruise missile for U.S. allies

The program is designed to give U.S. allies a versatile strike capability against land and maritime targets. Its stated aims are to build collective deterrence and reduce reliance on expensive legacy stockpiles.

CoAspire CEO Doug Denneny described the weapon as an affordable, mid-range maritime strike system. He said the company's 56 first-tier suppliers across almost every state will support PMX-201, NAVAIR and coalition partners.

Fairfax, Va. – September 11, 2026 -- CoAspire has appointed Brigadier General (Ret.) Jason L. Hawk as Executive Vice President, adding a former Pentagon capability-development chief who oversaw roughly $200 billion in Air Force RDT&E and procurement decisions across three programming cycles.

Hawk led Air Force Futures capability development before retiring in August 2025

Hawk retired from the U.S. Air Force in August 2025 after serving as Deputy Director, Capability Development, Air Force Futures, at Headquarters U.S. Air Force. In that post he directed capability development and Joint integration across next-generation airpower, weapons and sensors, autonomous systems and artificial intelligence, command and control, space and cyber, base defense, and mobility portfolios. His work touched modernization efforts for Next Generation Air Dominance, Collaborative Combat Aircraft, C3BM, and B-21.