secwatch.observer — SEC 8-K summary
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Issuer:     DarkPulse, Inc. (DPLS)
CIK:        0000866439
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2026-05-07T23:59:59+00:00
Accession:  0001683168-26-003551
Event type: other_material
Sentiment:  positive
Materiality: 0.70
Item codes: 1.01, 7.01, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

DarkPulse secures exclusive U.S. Navy license for 3 LADAR patents
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- Exclusive U.S. license to U.S. Patent Nos. 10,031,215, 7,312,855, and 7,948,610 for LADAR and pulse timer technologies.
- Upfront licensing fee of $15,000 and running royalty of 5% of net sales; sales to U.S. government excluded from royalty.
- Minimum annual royalties start year 3 at $10K, escalating to $20K; non-payment triggers automatic termination.
- DarkPulse to deliver working laser targeting prototype to manufacturing partner for full-scale production.
- Obligation to commercialize within 4 years and manufacture products substantially in the United States.

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/866439/000168316826003551/0001683168-26-003551-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/866439/000168316826003551/darkpulse_8k.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001683168-26-003551

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