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The Pentagon taps Elon Musk and Palmer Luckey to help decide what the military should do next

TechCrunch·September 30, 2026·1 min read
The Pentagon taps Elon Musk and Palmer Luckey to help decide what the military should do next

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth launched a 120-day study on the future of warfare, led by Elon Musk, Palmer Luckey, and Newt Gingrich. Critics note that Musk's and Luckey's companies already sell the kinds of technology the study is likely to recommend, raising conflict-of-interest concerns given their ties to the administration.

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