Palmer Luckey
Palmer Luckey is an American defence technology entrepreneur and the founder of Anduril Industries, a company that develops autonomous systems, drones, and AI-enabled weapons for the United States military, intelligence agencies, and allied governments. He previously founded the virtual-reality company Oculus VR, which was acquired by Facebook (now Meta) in 2014; Luckey later left Facebook in 2017 following a political controversy. Anduril has become one of the leading non-traditional suppliers of unmanned aerial systems and related software to the US armed forces.
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SpaceX unilaterally imposed speed limit on Starshield terminals in Ukraine on October 14, sparking dispute with the Trump administration
On the night of October 14, SpaceX unilaterally imposed a speed cap of approximately 160–161 km/h on Starshield military satellite terminals used by Ukraine, without prior warning. The restriction has disabled Ukrainian drone-interceptors designed to chase Russian jet-powered Shahed drones, and prompted a dispute over who ordered it: Ukraine's President Zelensky called the measure a "planned operation" after testing Starlink in EU countries at 180+ km/h without limits, while the White House, Elon Musk, Secretary of State Rubio and President Trump all denied involvement.