--- title: Musk, Luckey and Gingrich get 120 days to map America’s... description: The US Department of War has launched Project Meridian, a 120-day study co-directed by Elon Musk, Palmer Luckey, and Newt Gingrich to identify technologies... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/musk-luckey-and-gingrich-get-120-days-to-map-america-s-future-wars-av6mwxop6 twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Musk, Luckey and Gingrich get 120 days to map America’s future wars | daily.dev og:description: The US Department of War has launched Project Meridian, a 120-day study co-directed by Elon Musk, Palmer Luckey, and Newt Gingrich to identify technologies... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/musk-luckey-and-gingrich-get-120-days-to-map-america-s-future-wars-av6mwxop6 og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/Av6MWxop6.png og:image:alt: Musk, Luckey and Gingrich get 120 days to map America’s future wars og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Musk, Luckey and Gingrich get 120 days to map America’s future wars **[The Next Web](https://daily.dev/sources/tnw)** · 3 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary The US Department of War has launched Project Meridian, a 120-day study co-directed by Elon Musk, Palmer Luckey, and Newt Gingrich to identify technologies needed for future warfare, covering domains from underground to cislunar space. Findings are due by January 28, 2027, as an unclassified report with a classified annex, focusing on AI, autonomy, directed energy, robotics, and biotechnology. Secretary Pete Hegseth also announced five other initiatives, including a new Autonomous Warfare Command targeted for 2027, a domestic supply chain push called FORTRESS America, off-grid military bases, a new Corps of Cadets, and an Office of Religious Affairs. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: ## Questions this post answers ### What is Project Meridian and who is leading it? Project Meridian is a Pentagon study commissioned by Secretary of War Pete Hegseth to identify the technology the US military needs for future wars. It is co-directed by Elon Musk, Palmer Luckey, and Newt Gingrich, supported by academic, policy, and industry experts, with findings due by January 28, 2027, covering domains from underground to cislunar space. _Follow daily.dev for coverage of how major tech figures shape emerging defense technology initiatives._ ### What technology fields will Project Meridian focus on? The commissioning memo names artificial intelligence, autonomy, directed energy, robotics, and biotechnology as the fields expected to change how wars are fought. The project aims to find the weapons and technologies troops will need and propose ways to develop, test, and field them, with every service branch expected to connect their own research to it. _Track how AI, robotics, and autonomy research intersect with defense priorities via daily.dev._ ## Similar posts on daily.dev - [Pentagon creates Autonomous Warfare Command to scale drones and AI](https://daily.dev/posts/pentagon-creates-autonomous-warfare-command-to-scale-drones-and-ai-1roxwscew) · The Next Web · 0 upvotes · 0 comments - [Hegseth wants to integrate Musk’s Grok AI into military networks this month](https://daily.dev/posts/hegseth-wants-to-integrate-musk-s-grok-ai-into-military-networks-this-month-kob4l9tck) · Ars Technica · 2 upvotes · 0 comments - [America, and probably the world, stands on a precipice.](https://daily.dev/posts/america-and-probably-the-world-stands-on-a-precipice--2mnggu5an) · Hacker News · 0 upvotes · 0 comments --- Tags: [#ai](https://daily.dev/tags/ai), [#robotics](https://daily.dev/tags/robotics), [#autonomous-systems](https://daily.dev/tags/autonomous-systems) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/musk-luckey-and-gingrich-get-120-days-to-map-america-s-future-wars-av6mwxop6) ```json {"@context":"https://schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180},"sameAs":["https://twitter.com/dailydotdev","https://github.com/dailydotdev","https://www.linkedin.com/company/daily-dev-ltd"]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https://daily.dev/#website","url":"https://daily.dev","name":"daily.dev","publisher":{"@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization"},"potentialAction":{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https://daily.dev/search?q={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"TechArticle","headline":"Musk, Luckey and Gingrich get 120 days to map America’s future wars","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/musk-luckey-and-gingrich-get-120-days-to-map-america-s-future-wars-av6mwxop6","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/musk-luckey-and-gingrich-get-120-days-to-map-america-s-future-wars-av6mwxop6"},"datePublished":"2026-09-30T20:49:43.669Z","dateModified":"2026-09-30T23:30:25.125Z","description":"The US Department of War has launched Project Meridian, a 120-day study co-directed by Elon Musk, Palmer Luckey, and Newt Gingrich to identify technologies...","image":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/f_auto,q_auto/v1/posts/091ff286762004378fbefc31584a6238?_a=AQAEuop","thumbnailUrl":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/f_auto,q_auto/v1/posts/091ff286762004378fbefc31584a6238?_a=AQAEuop","isAccessibleForFree":true,"articleSection":"The Next Web","inLanguage":"en","publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180}},"author":{"@type":"Organization","name":"The Next Web","logo":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/t_logo,f_auto/v1/logos/tnw","url":"https://daily.dev/sources/tnw"},"commentCount":0,"discussionUrl":"https://daily.dev/posts/musk-luckey-and-gingrich-get-120-days-to-map-america-s-future-wars-av6mwxop6","interactionStatistic":[{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"LikeAction"},"userInteractionCount":0},{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"CommentAction"},"userInteractionCount":0}],"keywords":"ai,robotics,autonomous-systems","timeRequired":"PT3M"} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https://daily.dev"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"The Next Web","item":"https://daily.dev/sources/tnw"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"Musk, Luckey and Gingrich get 120 days to map America’s future wars"}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"FAQPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/musk-luckey-and-gingrich-get-120-days-to-map-america-s-future-wars-av6mwxop6#faq","mainEntity":[{"@type":"Question","name":"What is Project Meridian and who is leading it?","acceptedAnswer":{"@type":"Answer","text":"Project Meridian is a Pentagon study commissioned by Secretary of War Pete Hegseth to identify the technology the US military needs for future wars. 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