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The U.S. Air Force is taking steps to acquire Tesla Cybertrucks—for the express purpose of blowing them up. But while the vehicles in this context are meant to be destroyed, the Air Force seeking out the Tesla brand is just another example of how Big Tech and the Department of Defense have become unlikely bedfellows, one defense spending expert said.SUBSCRIBE
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Air Force bid for Tesla Cybertrucks in target practice symbolizes the ‘evolving’ relationship between the Pentagon and Big Tech, expert says
By Sasha Rogelberg
August 10, 2025 at 4:03 AM EDT
Elon Musk and Donald Trump look at each other while standing in front of a Cybertruck in the White House driveway.
Elon Musk's companies have received billion of dollars in defense contracts.
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The U.S. Air Force is trying to acquire Tesla Cybertrucks to use as missile targets in battlefield training, according to recent filings. The military’s invocation of the Tesla brand is emblematic of the tightening relationship not only between the Pentagon and Elon Musk, but with Big Tech more broadly, according to American University foreign policy professor Gordon Adams.
The U.S. Air Force is taking steps to acquire Tesla Cybertrucks—for the express purpose of blowing them up. But while the vehicles in this context are meant to be destroyed, the Air Force seeking out the Tesla brand is just another example of how Big Tech and the Department of Defense have become unlikely bedfellows, one defense spending expert said.

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The U.S. Air Force Material Command, part of the Department of Defence, is looking to acquire two Cybertrucks “for target vehicle training flight test events,” according to documents filed to the System for Award Management on Wednesday. The Air Force is also seeking out 31 other vehicles, including sedans and bongo trucks, to similarly likely use as missile targets. Enemies may “likely” transition to using vehicles like Cybertrucks, which are more resistant to certain types of damages, according to the filings.

“Testing needs to mirror real world situations,” one document said. “The intent of the training is to prep the units for operations by simulating scenarios as closely as possible to the real world situations.”Citing market research conducted in February by a redacted source, one document said Tesla Cybertrucks are specifically called for in this type of battleground testing because of its “aggressively angular and futuristic design, paired with its unpainted stainless steel exoskeleton,” that differentiates it from other models. The vehicles do not need to be fully operational, but rather be intact and able to move on their wheels, per the document.

According to Gordon Adams, a professor of U.S. foreign policy at American University who researches defense spending, the Air Force’s decision to pursue Tesla vehicles for battlefield training is, in isolation, of little consequence—but it is indicative of the growing ties between the U.S. military and private sector tech.

“At one level, I don’t see it as terribly unusual for them to seek to use a Tesla truck as a target set,” Adams told Fortune. “At another level, I find it symbolic of an evolving relationship between, in general, the high-tech sector and the Department of Defense.”

“I have no doubt that this is something of the camel’s nose under the tent with respect to the relationship between DOD and [Tesla CEO] Elon Musk and his businesses, of which there are many connections,” he added.

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