Nukkleus Rebrands as T3 Defense, Trades Under DFNS

Nukkleus ( (NUKK) ) just unveiled an announcement.

On February 9, 2026, Nukkleus Inc. formally changed its corporate name to T3 Defense Inc. and began trading on Nasdaq under the new ticker symbol DFNS, with no change to its CUSIP and no required action from shareholders. The corporate rebrand is designed to better align the company’s market identity with its existing role as a defense-focused holding company operating subsidiaries embedded in long-cycle national security programs.

Management said the shift underscores a strategy centered on acquiring and scaling specialized defense suppliers that sit at bottleneck points in the industrial base, where qualification requirements, capacity constraints and execution risk create strategic value. By applying a structured M&A and operating model across its portfolio, T3 Defense aims to relieve production choke points for OEMs, enhance delivery reliability and strengthen the industrial foundation supporting military readiness.

More about Nukkleus

T3 Defense Inc. (NASDAQ: DFNS), formerly Nukkleus Inc., is a federated holding company focused on acquiring and operating mission-critical defense businesses embedded in long-cycle national security programs. The company targets constrained, qualification-driven and execution-critical points in the defense industrial base, supporting air defense, homeland security and AI-for-defense programs, including participation in Israel’s national missile defense and air-defense architecture.

Its subsidiaries span engineering, manufacturing and software, supplying qualified, hard-to-replace components and systems under multi-year contracts with leading defense OEMs. Using a disciplined, repeatable M&A framework and centralized capital allocation with decentralized operating autonomy, T3 Defense seeks to expand scarce industrial capacity, deepen program-level access and compound long-term value across its portfolio.

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