Musk to co-lead Pentagon study on future of warfare
Elon Musk is returning to an advisory role with the US government as co-leader of Project Meridian, a Pentagon study on the future of warfare. Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth said the project would draw on private-sector, academic and policy expertise and submit its findings within 120 days.
Elon Musk will return to an official advisory role with the US government by co-leading a Pentagon study on the future of warfare, Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth said. Hegseth announced Project Meridian in a speech at the Quantico military base. He described it as an effort led by leading American innovators, senior figures and technologists to study future military needs and capabilities.
Musk will lead the project alongside Palmer Luckey, co-founder of defence technology company Anduril Industries, and Newt Gingrich, the former Republican speaker of the House of Representatives. Musk previously headed the Department of Government Efficiency before leaving in May 2025. He had supported Donald Trump’s return to the White House, but the two later had a public dispute over the president’s spending legislation.
Hegseth said Project Meridian would examine the domains that the United States needed to master and the capabilities it needed to develop. Its members will include selected private-sector leaders and subject-matter experts from innovation, academic and policy circles. The defence secretary directed the project to complete and submit its findings within 120 days.
The source material does not provide further details on the study’s specific recommendations or the role Musk will perform beyond co-leading the project.
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