Elon Musk, Palmer Luckey and Newt Gingrich to help Pentagon with warfare initiative, Hegseth says
Pete Hegseth, in remarks about the state of the military, announced a project led by two GOP-supporting tech executives to examine military capabilities.
TL;DR
- The Pentagon has initiated Project Meridian to identify future military capabilities and technologies.
- Elon Musk, Palmer Luckey, and Newt Gingrich are co-leading the 120-day initiative.
- The project aims to assess warfare changes and necessary U.S. military capabilities.
- Pentagon technology chief Emil Michael will oversee the project.
- None of the three co-leads have prior U.S. military service.
- Musk's SpaceX and Luckey's Anduril have existing Pentagon contracts.
- The announcement coincides with plans for a new Autonomous Warfare Command.