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Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth also announced an Autonomous Warfare Command to accelerate drone and autonomous systems development. Critics note that Musk's SpaceX and Luckey's Anduril already sell the kinds of military technology the study is likely to recommend, raising conflict-of-interest concerns. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. 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