---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001213900-23-042404"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "DFNS"
cik: "0001787518"
company_name: "T3 Defense Inc."
filed_at: "2023-05-23T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-14T17:27:59.389355+00:00"
event_type: "other_material"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.5
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.5
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Brilliant Acquisition extends business combination deadline to June 23, 2023 with $32,450 deposit from Nukkleus

## Summary
- Issued unsecured promissory note for $32,450 to Nukkleus, deposited in trust to extend completion window to June 23, 2023.
- Extension previously approved by shareholders on April 20, 2023; further one-month extension to July 23 possible with an additional $32,450.
- Note bears no interest, matures upon business combination closing, and is repayable only from trust account surplus if no deal.
- Press release issued May 23, 2023 confirming the extension and the deposit of $0.08 per public ordinary share.
- Proposed merger with Nukkleus remains pending; S-4 registration statement filed with SEC.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001213900-23-042404
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: DFNS
- cik: 0001787518
- company_name: T3 Defense Inc.
- filed_at: 2023-05-23T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: other_material
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.5
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.5
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 1.01, 2.03, 7.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1787518/000121390023042404/0001213900-23-042404-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1787518/000121390023042404/ea179130-8k425_brilliant.htm

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## Key facts
- Debt Financings
  T3 Defense Inc. incurred loan of aggregate principal amount of $32,450 with Nukkleus, Inc. at does not bear interest maturing matures upon closing of the Company's initial business combination.
  - Instrument: loan
  - Principal: aggregate principal amount of $32,450
  - Counterparty: Nukkleus, Inc.
  - Rate: does not bear interest
  - Maturity: matures upon closing of the Company's initial business combination
  - Event: incurrence
  source text: On May 22, 2023, Brilliant Acquisition Corporation (the “Company” or “Brilliant”) issued an unsecured promissory note in the aggregate principal amount of $32,450 (the “Note”) to Nukkleus, Inc. (“Nukkleus”)
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1787518/000121390023042404/0001213900-23-042404-index.htm

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