Musk, Luckey, Gingrich to Lead Pentagon Project Meridian — SkimNews
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- Elon Musk, Palmer Luckey, and Newt Gingrich will lead "Project Meridian," a Pentagon study of the future of warfare, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth announced Wednesday.
- The assignment marks Musk's first official advisory role advising the Trump administration, per the source's "why it matters" note.
Why it matters: The Pentagon's future-of-warfare study will be steered by SpaceX's Musk, Anduril's Luckey, and former Speaker Gingrich — placing two defense-adjacent tech CEOs and a Republican heavyweight at the center of the Defense Department's strategic analysis under Hegseth's announcement.
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