Hegseth, Musk vow to unleash tech innovation at Pentagon — and make ‘Star Trek real’

Pete Hegseth flashed a Vulcan salute Monday as he joined Elon Musk at SpaceX headquarters, where the war secretary touted the Pentagon’s wartime approach to unleashing technological innovation. 

“We want to make Star Trek real,” Musk said as he welcomed Hegseth to Starbase, the small South Texas town incorporated by SpaceX employees and home to the tech tycoon’s massive rocket-building facility and launch site. 

“Star Trek real,” Hegseth quipped after being introduced by Musk. 

The war secretary’s remarks – part of his “Arsenal of Freedom” tour – emphasized the need for the US to “win the strategic competition for 21st century technological supremacy,” including by topping America’s adversaries in the fields of artificial intelligence, autonomous systems, hypersonics, space capabilities, directed energy, biotechnology and long-range drones. 

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