Entrepreneur Elon Musk met with US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth at the Pentagon to discuss innovation, efficiency, and smarter production within the Defense Department.
🔹 Key Highlights of the Meeting
✅ Musk’s Role: While he leads the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), the meeting was not related to his DOGE role.
✅ Hegseth’s Praise: Hegseth called Musk a “patriot” and emphasized their shared goal of ensuring the US military remains the strongest fighting force.
✅ Technology & Industrial Base: Discussions focused on improving the defense industrial base, technology adoption, and procurement processes.
🔹 Hegseth’s Military Vision
📢 Hegseth stressed the need to revive the defense industrial base, reform acquisition processes, and rapidly integrate emerging technologies.
🛠️ He also emphasized the importance of matching military threats to capabilities to maintain US military dominance.
🔹 Musk’s Recent Space Achievements
🚀 Musk’s SpaceX was recently involved in returning NASA astronauts Barry “Butch” Wilmore and Suni Williams from the ISS.
🛰️ The astronauts, both retired US Navy captains, had been aboard the International Space Station since June 2024.
🔹 Musk’s Pentagon History
🕰️ His last Pentagon visit was in 2016, when he met then-Defense Secretary Ash Carter.
With this latest meeting, Musk continues to shape the future of defense and military innovation in the US.