Musk returns to a US government advisory role, co-leading a Pentagon war study
Musk and Anduril's co-founder will co-lead the Pentagon's Project Meridian; scope and deliverables are undisclosed, so watch for the mandate.
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Per an AFP report dated October 1, Elon Musk will formally return to advising the Trump administration, co-leading the Pentagon's "Project Meridian" study on the future of warfare.
Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth announced the effort in a speech at the Quantico military base, calling it "an effort led by America's best minds to study the future of warfare". His co-leads are Palmer Luckey, co-founder of defence tech firm Anduril Industries, and former House speaker Newt Gingrich.
Musk left the Department of Government Efficiency in May last year after a public falling-out with Trump, so this reopens a formally closed channel. The announcement gives no mandate, budget or deliverable for the study, and whether its recommendations carry any weight remains to be seen.