Pentagon taps Elon Musk, Palmer Luckey and Newt Gingrich for Project Meridian war study

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has announced Project Meridian, a Pentagon study on the future of warfare that Axios reports will be led by Elon Musk, Palmer Luckey and former House Speaker Newt Gingrich. Hegseth said the effort is not meant to generate new policy documents, but to examine the domains the U.S. must conquer and the capabilities it must master. He said the group will focus on discovering, developing and fielding the weapons and systems future generations will need. The project’s leadership was expected to meet Wednesday, with final findings due in 120 days, followed by a public rollout and a classified report.