Elon Musk, Palmer Luckey and Newt Gingrich to help Pentagon with warfare initiative, Hegseth says - cnbc.com
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SpaceX CEO Elon Musk, Anduril Industries founder Palmer Luckey and former House Speaker Newt Gingrich will lead a Pentagon study of the future of warfare dubbed "Project Meridian," Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth announced Wednesday. Why it matters: It's Musk's first official role advising the Trump administration since his very public feud last year with President Trump after departing DOGE. He has since reconciled with Trump. Driving the news: Hegseth unveiled Meridian on Wednesday during his...SpaceX CEO Elon Musk, Anduril Industries founder Palmer Luckey and former House Speaker Newt Gingrich will lead a Pentagon study of the future of warfare dubbed "Project Meridian," Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth announced Wednesday. Why it matters: It's Musk's first official role advising the Trump administration since his very public feud last year with President Trump after departing DOGE. He has since reconciled with Trump. Driving the news: Hegseth unveiled Meridian during his second...
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SpaceX CEO Elon Musk, Anduril Industries founder Palmer Luckey and former House Speaker Newt Gingrich will lead a Pentagon study of the future of warfare dubbed "Project Meridian," Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth announced Wednesday. Why it matters: It's Musk's first official role advising the Trump administration since his very public feud last year with President Trump after departing DOGE. He has since reconciled with Trump. Driving the news: Hegseth unveiled Meridian during his second...SpaceX CEO Elon Musk , Anduril Industries founder Palmer Luckey and former House Speaker Newt Gingrich will lead a Pentagon study of the future of warfare dubbed "Project Meridian," Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth announced Wednesday. Why it matters: It's Musk's first official role advising the Trump administration since his very public feud last year with President Trump after departing DOGE. He has since reconciled with Trump. Driving the news: Hegseth unveiled Meridian during his second...
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Wed, 30 September 2026
7 reports- Google News - Top Stories19:55first to report
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SpaceX CEO Elon Musk , Anduril Industries founder Palmer Luckey and former House Speaker Newt Gingrich will lead a Pentagon study of the future of warfare dubbed "Project Meridian," Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth announced Wednesday. Why it matters: It's Musk's first official role advising the Trump administration since his very public feud last year with President Trump after departing DOGE. He has since reconciled with Trump. Driving the news: Hegseth unveiled Meridian during his second...
- Der Spiegel (Germany)20:55
US-Verteidigungsminister Hegseth treibt ein Projekt zur Erforschung autonomer Kriegsführung voran. Dabei setzt er auf Elon Musk: Der Techmilliardär soll eine zentrale Rolle in der Initiative des Pentagon übernehmen.
- The Hill20:56
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth on Wednesday announced that SpaceXAI 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...
- The Guardian World21:18
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 of the...
- Google News - Top Stories21:33
Pete Hegseth appoints Elon Musk to US taskforce on future of warfare The Guardian Hegseth details new initiatives in partisan address to troops The Washington Post Elon Musk lands new Trump admin role shaping future of American warfare Fox News Pentagon creates 'Autowarcom' to expand AI and drone capabilities Reuters Hegseth Unveils New Command to Oversee Military-Drone Tech WSJ
- Bloomberg Politics21:47
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth delivered a sweeping speech to junior officers and enlisted troops, announcing new military commands and projects, including one to be led by Elon Musk, Anduril Industries Inc. founder Palmer Luckey and former House speaker Newt Gingrich to research the future of warfare.
Thu, 1 October 2026
19 reports- Le Figaro (France)00:19
Le secrétaire à la Défense a confié mercredi au patron de SpaceX, à l’entrepreneur Palmer Luckey et à l’ancien président de la Chambre Newt Gingrich la codirection du «Projet Meridian», une étude de 120 jours sur les armes et technologies des conflits à venir.
- 24sata (Croatia)04:18
Elon Musk preuzima ključnu ulogu u Pentagonovom projektu koji će istraživati budućnost ratovanja, s posebnim naglaskom na autonomne sustave i umjetnu inteligenciju.
- N1 Info (Croatia)04:30
Tehnološki mogul Elon Musk preuzet će vodeću ulogu u novom Pentagonovu projektu koji istražuje budućnost ratovanja, objavio je u srijedu ministar obra
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- Index.hr (Croatia)1 Oct, 04:12their copy
- Telegram.hr (Croatia)1 Oct, 05:40their copy
- Google News - Top Stories04:46
Musk returns to Trump world for Pentagon war study Axios Pentagon creates 'Autowarcom' to expand AI and drone capabilities Reuters Elon Musk, Palmer Luckey and Newt Gingrich to help Pentagon with warfare initiative, Hegseth says CNBC Elon Musk lands new Trump admin role shaping future of American warfare Fox News Hegseth Unveils New Command to Oversee Military-Drone Tech WSJ
- Vecernji list (Croatia)05:14
Pentagon očekuje da će rezultati projekta biti predstavljeni u roku od 120 dana, odnosno do veljače.
- Channel News Asia09:29
Tech billionaire Elon Musk served as the head of the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) before departing in May 2025, having publicly fallen out with Trump.
- South China Morning Post10:03
Tech billionaire Elon Musk will make a return to officially advising US President Donald Trump’s government by co-leading what the Pentagon called a study on the future of war. Musk served as the head of the Department of Government Efficiency before departing in May last year, having publicly fallen out with Trump. In a speech at the Quantico military base, Pentagon chief Pete Hegseth said “Project Meridian” will be “an effort led by America’s best minds to study the future of warfare”. “We...
- El Mundo (Spain)10:37
El Project Meridian, que según Pete Hegseth reúne a "tres de las mentes más brillantes de la nación", tiene previsto operar durante 120 días Leer
- RMF24 (Poland)16:10
Elon Musk zajmie się wojną. Został szefem Projektu Meridian
- ANSA (Italy)16:34
Elon torna a lavorare col governo. Dalla luna ai robot, l'incarico del Pentagono
- Wirtualna Polska (Poland)16:44
Elon Musk, Palmer Luckey i Newt Gingrich mają doradzać Pentagonowi w sprawie technologii oraz broni wykorzystywanych podczas przyszłych konfliktów. Jak podał "Washington Post", minister wojny Pete Hegseth poinformował o powołaniu ich do inicjatywy nazwanej Projektem Meridian.
- Index.hr (Croatia)16:45
ELON Musk ponovno postaje savjetnik američke vlade. Vodit će novo Pentagonovo istraživanje 'Projekt Meridian' o budućnosti ratovanja, nakon što je 2025. napustio prethodnu dužnost.
- Euronews16:57
Musk, who in 2024 threw his support behind Trump and helped his return to the White House, served as head of the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), where he spearheaded sweeping job cuts across the US federal government.
- The Guardian World17:27
Installing tech billionaires Elon Musk and Palmer Luckey to Pentagon defense board raises conflict of interest concerns By installing the tech billionaires Elon Musk and Palmer Luckey to advisory roles in a Pentagon project about the future of warfare, the defense secretary, Pete Hegseth, bestowed extraordinary influence on two of Maga’s most significant campaign donors – and both men own companies that benefit from federal defense contracting. The new project, which Hegseth dubbed “Project...
- Google News - Top Stories17:59
Hegseth puts the future of warfare in the hands of major Maga donors The Guardian Elon Musk to return his attention to government, advise Pentagon on future of war The Washington Post Pentagon creates 'Autowarcom' to expand AI and drone capabilities Reuters Hegseth announces new four-star command for autonomous warfare Military Times Elon Musk, Palmer Luckey and Newt Gingrich to help Pentagon with warfare initiative, Hegseth says cnbc.com
- Süddeutsche Zeitung (Germany)19:00
US-Verteidigungsminister Pete Hegseth will „mit einem kreativen Blick auf die Zukunft schauen“ – und sieht in Elon Musk den richtigen Mann, um autonome Kriegsführung weiterzuentwickeln.
- La Repubblica (Italy)19:09Musk torna al governo: guiderà il Project Meridian per le guerre del futuro, con un occhio alla Luna
L’annuncio del capo del Pentagono Hegseth. Avrà lo scopo di anticipare gli scenari operativi e sviluppare tutte le armi e gli strumenti necessari a garantire la supremazia militare Usa
- Bloomberg Politics19:48
The Defense Department has tasked two of its biggest contractors to lead an effort to study the future of warfare and design weapons that American service members will need in the years ahead.
- Vecernji list (Croatia)21:00
'Moramo gledati u budućnost kako bismo osigurali tehnološku i vojnu nadmoć na bojišnici u desetljećima koja dolaze', izjavio je Hegseth
Fri, 2 October 2026
2 reports- Der Spiegel (Germany)05:01
Bei seiner Rede zur »State of the Force« sagt Verteidigungsminister Pete Hegseth, wie er das US-Militär weiter nach seinen Vorstellungen umbauen will. Helfen soll dabei ein alter Bekannter.
- Google News - Top Stories18:48
Musk-led war commission triggers alarms in Pentagon Politico Exclusive: Army creates autonomy command amid Hegseth's robo-warfare push Axios Hegseth puts the future of warfare in the hands of major Maga donors | Trump administration The Guardian Pentagon creates 'Autowarcom' to expand AI and drone capabilities reuters.com Musk returns to US government for Pentagon war study Yahoo
Sun, 4 October 2026
3 reports- indiatimes.com07:41
Anduril founder Palmer Luckey recently pushed back against a report that said two major US defence contractors would help lead a Pentagon project that could benefit them. In a post on X (formerly Twitter), Palmer Luckey said he is advising the project in a personal capacity and rejected the description of Anduril as one of the US Department of Defense's biggest contractors.
- Wirtualna Polska (Poland)13:26
Elon Musk, Palmer Luckey i Newt Gingrich staną na czele zespołu, który pomoże Pentagonowi wyznaczyć kierunki rozwoju amerykańskiej armii. Przez 120 dni Projekt Meridian ma analizować przyszłość konfliktów i wskazać technologie potrzebne Stanom Zjednoczonym do utrzymania przewagi nad innymi państwami.
- nzherald.co.nz22:55
New York Times: Elon Musk will advise the Pentagon despite SpaceX’s billions in contracts.
Mon, 5 October 2026
1 report- foxnews.com16:00
Howie Kurtz on NASA rushing plans for a lunar nuclear reactor amid Russia and China's space race, POTUS tapping Elon Musk to co-lead the Pentagon's "future of war" study, the security failures behind a FlyDubai co-pilot's cockpit attack, and a scathing review of Tom Cruise's new film Digger.
Tue, 6 October 2026
1 report- NPR News09:00
Musk's company, SpaceX, and Luckey's company Anduril, could potentially benefit from recommendations made in the study about future autonomous weapon systems.
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Fri, 9 October 2026
1 report- South China Morning Post12:30
The world’s wealthiest man has just been appointed to a Pentagon commission that will help decide what the future of warfare looks like. Elon Musk, alongside Anduril Industries co-founder Palmer Luckey and former House speaker Newt Gingrich, is to lead “Project Meridian”. It follows a strategy by this White House that moves government and the tech sector ever closer. Project Meridian goes much further than the influence of defence contractors in Washington. It marks the beginning of Silicon...
Mon, 12 October 2026
1 report- The Hill12:00
Executives like Elon Musk and Palmer Luckey should be treated as vendors whose products we will buy or not based on their performance, as well as their alignment with a smart, realistic security strategy. They are not strategists, and we should not look to them to perform that critical task.