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schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001213900-26-004905"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "DFNS"
cik: "0001787518"
company_name: "T3 Defense Inc."
filed_at: "2026-01-16T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-16T09:55:53.889867+00:00"
event_type: "m_and_a"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.7
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.7
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Nukkleus acquires Israeli drone company Nimbus for shares and $3.25M convertible note

## Summary
- Consideration: 1,850,000 restricted shares of common stock plus $3.25M convertible note (6% interest, 24-month, convertible at $2.00/share).
- Nimbus reported FY 2025 revenues of approximately $940,000.
- Acquisition expands Nukkleus' defense portfolio into UAV and counter-UAS technology.
- Nimbus, founded in 2024, is an Israeli aerospace robotics company specializing in customized unmanned aerial systems.
- Note prohibits conversion that would result in beneficial ownership exceeding 4.99% of outstanding common shares.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001213900-26-004905
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: DFNS
- cik: 0001787518
- company_name: T3 Defense Inc.
- filed_at: 2026-01-16T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: m_and_a
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.7
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.7
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 1.01, 2.01, 3.02, 7.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1787518/000121390026004905/0001213900-26-004905-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1787518/000121390026004905/ea0272951-8k_nukkleus.htm

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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001213900-26-004905.txt

## Source-grounded claims
- claim_id: db41880fd7f9e1e8fca9e083ed395331153f5633
  claim: T3 Defense Inc. completed an acquisition involving Nimbus Drones Technologies and Marketing Ltd. for 1,850,000 restricted shares of common stock and a $3,250,000 convertible 24-month note bearing 6% interest (closed 2026-01-15).
  evidence_excerpt: ursuant to which it acquired 100% of Nimbus Drones Technologies and Marketing Ltd., an Israeli private company (“Nimbus”)
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1787518/000121390026004905/0001213900-26-004905-index.htm

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