Elon Musk returns to US government for Pentagon war study

By South China Morning Post | Created at 2026-10-01 10:07:09 | Updated at 2026-10-02 14:18:00 1 day ago
Tech billionaire Elon Musk will make a return to officially advising US President Donald Trump’s government by co-leading what the Pentagon called a study on the future of war. Musk served as the head of the Department of Government Efficiency before departing in May last year, having publicly fallen out with Trump. In a speech at the Quantico military base, Pentagon chief Pete Hegseth said “Project Meridian” will be “an effort led by America’s best minds to study the future of warfare”. “We are...
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