
The Guardian - 1 hour 42 min ago
Installing tech billionaires Elon Musk and Palmer Luckey to Pentagon defense board raises conflict of interest concerns By installing tech billionaires Elon Musk and Palmer Luckey to advisory roles in a Pentagon project about the future of warfare, defense secretary Pete Hegseth bestowed extraordinary influence on two of Magas most significant campaign donors and both men own companies that benefit from federal defense contracting. The new project, which Hegseth dubbed "Project Meridian"...

New York Magazine - 2 hours 5 min ago
The world's richest man will advise the Pentagon on the future of war.

Huffington Post - 14 hours 16 min ago
"Elon Musk is now in charge of the future of warfare. That's a massive, massive, massive concern," one commenter wrote on X.

UPI - 18 hours 41 min ago
Defense Department Secretary Pete Hegseth said Wednesday that Elon Musk, Newt Gingrich and Palmer Luckey will lead a new Pentagon project.

Engadget - 20 hours 47 min ago
So will Newt Gingrich, for some reason.

NY Post - 20 hours 51 min ago
Secretary of War Pete Hegseth touted a new initiative, Project Meridian, in which tech bros Elon Musk and Palmer Luckey, as well as former House Speaker Newt Gingrich, will co-direct a panel studying the future of warfare.

Forbes - 21 hours 24 min ago
Hegseth announced Project Meridian on Wednesday, explaining the initiative will identify weapons and technologies for soldiers and propose solutions to test and implement the weapons.

The Guardian - 21 hours 51 min ago
A year after his explosive tenure at Doge, the SpaceX CEO is back in the Trump administration's good graces Pete Hegseth announced on Wednesday that Elon Musk will co-lead a government project to study the future of warfare, marking the SpaceX CEO's first return to government since he ran the chaotic, so -called "department of government efficiency", or Doge. Musk will be joined by Palmer Luckey, CEO of the defense tech company Anduril, and Newt Gingrich, the former Republican speaker...

The Hill - 22 hours 13 min ago
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth on Wednesday announced that xAI CEO Elon Musk, Anduril co-founder Palmer Luckey and former Speaker Newt Gingrich (R-Ga.) will lead a new Pentagon effort to study the future of warfare, dubbed "Project Meridian." The Pentagon chief said the project is meant to harness America's innovators, senior leaders and technologists to look...

Fox News - 22 hours 15 min ago
Elon Musk will co-lead Project Meridian with Palmer Luckey and Newt Gingrich to map future warfare domains and military technologies for the Pentagon.

The Next Web - 22 hours 33 min ago
Elon Musk, Palmer Luckey and Newt Gingrich will co-direct Project Meridian. The Pentagon study will identify the technology the US military needs to fight future wars. Secretary of War Pete Hegseth commissioned it on Wednesday, the Department of War said. The findings are due by 28 January 2027, 120 days after the announcement, according to […] This story continues at The Next Web...

New York Times - 22 hours 42 min ago
President Trump embraces Elon Musk while standing with other tech leaders outside the White House on Tuesday.