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Pentagon puts Musk, Luckey and Gingrich in charge of planning future wars

The Pentagon is putting technology executives and a former House speaker in charge of planning for future wars. Project Meridian will map the military domains, weapons and emerging capabilities the United States needs, including autonomous warfare, AI, robotics and drones.

Pete Hegseth named Elon Musk, Anduril founder Palmer Luckey and Newt Gingrich as co-leaders under Pentagon CTO Emil Michael, alongside private-sector, academic and military experts. The group has 120 days to deliver a public report with a classified annex.

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Pete Hegseth announced Project Meridian and named Elon Musk, Palmer Luckey and Newt Gingrich as co-leaders.

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Newt Gingrich confirmed that he would serve as a Project Meridian co-director.

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