Black Arrow also arrives at a time when the U.S. military is looking at low-cost one-way attack drones that could double up as cruise missiles for swarming strikes with attritable platforms.

“Black Arrow would almost fit sideways across the ... and testing a re-entry vehicle by hurling a payload 600 miles up and “seeing what happened when it came down again. And it launched ...

Black Arrow is ejected from an AC-130J over the Utah Test and Training Range in November 2024. (Leidos) Leidos is pitching a production contract for its Black Arrow cruise missile to US Special ...