00:00And that's why today, at my direction, I'm announcing Project Meridian,
00:05an effort led by America's best minds to study the future of warfare.
00:11Under the leadership of the department's chief technology officer, Emil Michael,
00:16Project Meridian will be co-led by three of our nation's best minds,
00:22Elon Musk, Paul Merluckey, and Newt Gingrich,
00:27all of whom are up in the audience with us today.
00:31Please stand, if you would.
00:35Thank you.
00:40Those three great Americans are going to be joined by a team of senior leaders,
00:45hand-picked private sector leaders, and subject matter experts
00:48from across our nation's unmatched innovation, academic, and policy ecosystems.
00:54Project Meridian, the future of warfare, is not about developing new strategies or new policies.
01:00We already do that.
01:02Rather, its purpose is to creatively look to the future
01:05and identify the domains that we must conquer
01:08and capabilities we must master.
01:12We should have been thinking about Autonomous Warfare Command 10 years ago.
01:16We need to be looking forward into the future
01:18to achieve technological and military dominance on the battlefield for decades to come.
01:24It is futuristic.
