Anduril’s Palmer Luckey envisions missiles made in car factories, underground battles

During his “State of the Force” speech last week, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth announced Project Meridian, a 120-day effort to study and identify the weapons and battlefields of the future. Hegseth said the project was “not about developing new strategies or new policies,” but rather, “to creatively look to the future and identify the domains that we must conquer, and capabilities we must master.” Palmer Luckey, who is co-leading the workgroup alongside Elon Musk and Newt Gingrich, talked about his vision for the future of defense in an interview with the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics days ahead of…