Announcement • Jul 07

NUBURU, Inc Reports Initial Tekne Laser Dazzler Counter-UAS Test Results Under Italian Plan As Golden Power Review Continues

NUBURU, Inc. announced highly encouraging initial results from a laser dazzler counter-UAS test campaign conducted at Tekne S.p.A. facilities in Italy. The campaign, performed by NUBURU Group and Tekne technical teams, is the material update in this release. It generated measured evidence supporting the integration of NUBURU's laser technology into Tekne tactical systems and future NUBURU Defense Italy mission packages under the NUBURU Defense Italian Plan, subject to required authorizations, product qualification, safety review, customer requirements and export-control constraints. The objective of the campaign was to assess the effectiveness of NUBURU's laser dazzling technology against electro-optical drone sensors. Tekne engineers and technical specialists measured sensor saturation and optical disruption across multiple operational configurations, with the goal of translating the data into product architecture, configuration and test-roadmap decisions. The trials were conducted in a controlled indoor environment simulating the engagement of a hostile unmanned aerial vehicle. In the tested configurations, NUBURU's dazzling technology achieved complete suppression of the drone's electro-optical sensors by overwhelming the optical source, effectively denying visual acquisition. One of the most significant outcomes emerged during tactical approach simulations. In a scenario in which a hostile drone was tasked with detecting and tracking a designated neutralization operator, the operator successfully approached to within approximately 20 meters of the target without being detected. The test campaign included two different drone platforms, confirming versatility across multiple UAV configurations. Trials were performed using both continuous-wave and pulsed laser operation at irradiance levels ranging from 0.1 mW/cm² to 0.5 mW/cm², fully compliant with applicable optical safety regulations. Additional comparative evaluations were conducted at irradiance levels up to five times higher than regulatory exposure limits solely to characterize system performance. In all configurations tested, the dazzling effect remained consistently effective. Testing was carried out inside a Tekne facility over a maximum range of approximately 100 meters, corresponding to the physical limitations of the indoor test environment. Based on laser beam-propagation physics, NUBURU believes the experimental data can support modeling and extrapolation for operational engagement distances measured in kilometers, with product-configuration work initially focused on scenarios beginning at approximately one kilometer and extending beyond that range, subject to further testing and validation. Building on the data collected during the Tekne test campaign, NUBURU's product-development roadmap now includes next-generation integrated dazzler systems combining green, blue and infrared laser sources within a single device architecture. These non-kinetic counter-UAS solutions are intended to provide day- and night-time protection across land, maritime and fixed-site operational environments where authorized. NUBURU believes the test results are commercially relevant because counter-UAS demand is expanding rapidly and customers are increasingly seeking layered, integrated architectures. Third-party estimates frame the global anti-drone /counter-UAS market at approximately USD 4,480 million in 2025 and USD 14,510 million by 2030 under one definition, and at approximately USD 14,410 million in 2026 and USD 55,250 million by 2034 under a broader counter-UAS definition. Grand View Research /Horizon estimates the laser-system anti-drone segment at approximately USD 1,460 million in 2024 and USD 12,770 million by 2033, implying an approximately 27% CAGR over 2024-2033. For product framing only, NUBURU views TAM as the broader anti-drone /counter-UAS market; SAM as the laser-system, optical-defense and directed-energy counter-UAS mission-package segment; and SOM as the initial NUBURU /Tekne opportunity that may be addressable through authorized demonstrations, vehicle and fixed-site integrations, and mission-package sales. Competition includes RF jamming, protocol-takeover systems, high-power microwave, hard-kill interceptors, high-energy laser programs and command-and-control platforms. NUBURU intends to position its optical-defense roadmap as a complementary non-kinetic sensor-denial layer integrated with Tekne mobility /EW-CEMA capabilities. To accelerate execution following the initial test campaign, NUBURU and Tekne have established a dedicated engineering and product-development workstream responsible for coordinating technology integration, product architecture and future validation programs. The workstream will initially focus on portable, fixed-site, tower-mounted, maritime and vehicle-mounted optical-defense mission packages; mechanical, electrical, power, thermal, optical-safety and environmental integration of laser modules into Tekne platforms; integrated green, blue and IR optical-source architecture, including safety interlocks, control logic, configuration baselines and test methods. Opportunity to leverage the industrial partnership with SunCubes, subject to applicable approvals and definitive project scope, to evaluate beam-direction, tracking, power-beaming and optical-communications capabilities as complementary layers for future optical-defense mission packages. All test results described in this release were obtained under controlled conditions and should not be interpreted as a representation of operational performance in any specific customer environment. The tests do not constitute a completed product qualification, procurement award, customer acceptance or authorization for operational deployment. Future development, demonstrations, exports, sales or deployments of any NUBURU, Lyocon or Tekne counter-UAS solution will be subject to customer requirements, technical validation, safety review, laser-safety rules, export controls, cybersecurity review, Golden Power prescriptions where applicable, and all other required approvals.

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