SpaceX and xAI are competing in a Pentagon contest with a $100 million prize to develop voice-controlled, autonomous drone swarming technology, as part of the Defense Autonomous Warfare Group (DAWG). The drones are intended for both reconnaissance and offensive purposes across five development phases. This marks a significant expansion of SpaceX's government contracts beyond space access and satellites into autonomous weapons systems, with implications for how AI-driven autonomy could be applied to space-based military capabilities.