---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001013762-24-001150"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "DFNS"
cik: "0001787518"
company_name: "T3 Defense Inc."
filed_at: "2024-07-25T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-31T16:21:09.022966+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.6
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.6
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# CEO Emil Assentato resigns; COO Jamal Khurshid appointed CEO of Nukkleus

## Summary
- Emil Assentato resigned as CEO and from the Board on July 24, 2024, effective immediately; no disagreement cited.
- Jamal (Jamie) Khurshid, previously COO and director, appointed CEO effective same date.
- Khurshid has 20+ years in investment banking at Goldman Sachs, Credit Suisse, and as senior partner at Cinnober Financial Technology.
- Khurshid co-founded digital RFQ and serves as CEO of Jacobi Asset Management, Europe's first Bitcoin ETF.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001013762-24-001150
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: DFNS
- cik: 0001787518
- company_name: T3 Defense Inc.
- filed_at: 2024-07-25T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.6
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.6
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1787518/000101376224001150/0001013762-24-001150-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1787518/000101376224001150/ea0209988-8k_nukkleus.htm

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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001013762-24-001150.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Jamal (Jamie) Khurshid was appointed as Chief Executive Officer at T3 Defense Inc..
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Chief Executive Officer
  source text: Jamal (Jamie) Khurshid, the Chief Operating Officer and a director of the Company, was appointed as Chief Executive Officer effective July 24, 2024.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1787518/000101376224001150/0001013762-24-001150-index.htm
- Executive change
  Emil Assentato resigned as Chief Executive Officer at T3 Defense Inc..
  - Action: resigned
  - Role: Chief Executive Officer
  source text: On July 24, 2024, Emil Assentato resigned as Chief Executive Officer and from the Board of Directors of Nukkleus Inc. (the “Company”), effective immediately.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1787518/000101376224001150/0001013762-24-001150-index.htm

This AI-assisted summary is a reading aid. Review the linked SEC EDGAR filing before relying on any specific claim.