Palmer Luckey
American founder of Oculus VR and inventor of the Oculus Rift
Photo: Dcoetzee, CC0 (Wikimedia Commons, cropped)
- Oct 6
Anduril and US Navy commit $6.6 billion to build submarine parts shipyard in Maryland
Defense startup Anduril Industries will invest $3.7 billion alongside a $2.9 billion US Navy contract to construct the Arsenal-2 facility at Sparrows Point for Virginia-class nuclear submarines.
- Oct 2
Donald Trump queried Elon Musk's Grok chatbot before January raid on Nicolás Maduro
A December 2025 White House meeting saw Donald Trump consult xAI's chatbot Grok on Venezuelan public opinion roughly one month before United States forces detained Nicolás Maduro in Caracas.
- Sep 30
Pentagon names Elon Musk and Palmer Luckey to lead 120-day future warfare project
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth launched Project Meridian at Quantico, assigning tech executives Elon Musk and Palmer Luckey to review autonomous weapons, AI, and lunar defense over 120 days.
- Sep 30
Hegseth announces 20% cut to US generals and new Autonomous Warfare Command
Speaking at Marine Corps Base Quantico, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth outlined plans to eliminate 20% of general and admiral positions by January 2027 and establish a four-star autonomous systems command.
