Paris Air Show 2025: Leidos selects Pratt & Whitney TJ150 to further power Black Arrow cruise missile

The Pratt & Whitney TJ150 is set to power future Black Arrow flights. The engine has already been integrated onto the missile and powered its lone publicly disclosed flight. (Pratt & Whitney)

Leidos has selected the Pratt & Whitney (P&W) TJ150 engine to power the Black Arrow cruise missile, P&W announced on 16 June at the Paris Air Show 2025, currently ongoing at the Paris-Le Bourget Airport through 22 June.

The TJ150 is already integrated into Black Arrow, which was formerly called the Small Cruise Missile. The missile's lone publicly disclosed flight, in November 2024, saw the missile launched from the rear ramp of a US Air Force Special Operations Command (AFSOC) Lockheed Martin AC-130J at the Utah Test and Training Range. Additional flights have likely been performed, although neither Leidos nor P&W would comment on the topic.

The TJ150, which generates 150 lb of thrust, powers several small missiles or missile-like craft, notably the Raytheon ADM-160 Miniature Air-Launched Decoy (MALD). P&W has built over 2,700 of the engines, according to the company.

“Production capacity is in place today, ahead of demand, which strongly positions our TJ150 engine for a range of high-rate production scenarios,” Chris Hugill, executive director of P&W's advanced manufacturing branch, Gatorworks, said in the statement.

Preliminary integration studies to integrate the TJ150 onto Black Arrow began in 2023, P&W said. The company declined to specify how many engines Leidos ordered but noted that work under the current contract began in April 2025 and is set to run through the first quarter of 2026. An option within the contract allows for follow-on production.

“The TJ150 model used for Black Arrow is derived from previous TJ150 family models,” P&W told Janes