New Delhi, Oct. 1 -- The Pentagon is bringing SpaceX CEO Elon Musk, Anduril co-founder Palmer Luckey and former US House Speaker Newt Gingrich into a new initiative to study how warfare could evolve over the coming decades. Project Meridian was announced by the US Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth on 30 September during a "State of the Force" address in Marine Corps Base Quantico, Virginia. The Department of War published six major initiatives that Hegseth announced during the Quantico speech.

The 120-day project will determine technologies, weapons and military capabilities that may be required on future battlefields for the United States. As AI, robotics, autonomous systems, drones and space technologies work their way into military plann...