Elon Musk and the Department of Government Efficiency ( DOGE ), according to a former Department of Defense insider, are” sending shockwaves” through the Pentagon as the Trump administration works to eliminate “waste, fraud, and abuse” at the Pentagon.
During a Monday interview with Fox Business host Maria Bartiromo, Steve Simoni, the CEO of Allen Control Systems and a former Navy nuclear expert with the Department of Defense, said it was” no shock” that DOGE is examining the office for “waste, scams, and mistreatment”. Simoni informed Bartiromo that he anticipates Depends to discover” all kinds of useless spending” at the Pentagon.
According to Simoni, Simoni, in response to the recent report from a DOGE meeting with representatives from the Department of Defense,” It’s actually sending ripples through the office right now.”
As an example of waste, Simoni explained that when he was working with the Department of Defense, the Pentagon was spending$ 10, 000 on “ruggedized” HDMI cables when the HDMI cables could have been purchased for”$ 20 or$ 30 at Best Buy”.
Simoni added,” We need to get more efficient with our spending, because there’s a massive threat of drones that are proliferating on the battlefield right now, and the new administration, Secretary]Pete ] Hegseth knows this”.
Simoni suggested that the Department of Defense may “reallocate a lot of the investment they’re spending” on Monday’s Fox Business meeting to buy items needed for what he termed the “battlefield of the future,” mainly for shooting down uavs.
According to Simoni, robots are the “primary problem of our day” and that China is “dominating with their production” and producing “one aircraft per minute.” The original Navy nuclear expert added that while Americans were first treated as” games,” robots have since evolved into “weapons of war.”
We are really quite vulnerable right now, according to Simoni, and we require solutions to stop these drone threats.
By holding a meeting with Defense Department officials at the Pentagon, DOGE announced in a speech on X, previously Twitter, that the organization had taken the first steps to “waste, scams, and abuse” by posting a statement on the site.
” Great start with @DeptofDefense”, DOGE leaders tweeted. Looking forward to working up to reduce waste, fraud, and mistreatment while preserving tax dollars.
