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Musk Leads Project Meridian Amid Conflict Of Interest Concerns
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has appointed Elon Musk, Palmer Luckey, and Newt Gingrich to co-lead Project Meridian, a 120-day study on future warfare. The initiative aims to identify key defense technologies and warfare domains for the US military to focus on. Musk’s SpaceX already holds roughly $8 billion in defense contracts, sparking concerns about a conflict of interest. The project’s findings will be presented in a public report and a classified annex, with the potential to shape the Pentagon’s procurement priorities. This development was first reported by Startup Fortune.