{"success":true,"data":{"pressRelease":{"id":"50509","rtpr_id":"nBw4JbWMya","ticker":"BURU","exchange":"NYSE American","all_tickers":["BURU"],"title":"NUBURU Expands Defense & Security Platform Momentum with Tier-One Critical Infrastructure Customer, Highlighting Approximately $1.1 Million of Orbit Order Value and Commercial Visibility","author":"Business Wire","published_at":"2026-06-01T10:43:00.070Z","article_body":"NUBURU Expands Defense & Security Platform Momentum with Tier-One Critical\nInfrastructure Customer, Highlighting Approximately $1.1 Million of Orbit\nOrder Value and Commercial Visibility\n\nCumulative orders with a national telecommunications infrastructure operator\nvalidate Orbit’s situational-awareness, interoperability and\noperational-resilience capabilities as a foundational software layer of\nNUBURU’s Dual-Use Platform, with additional pipeline visibility supported by\ncommercial offers issued across critical-infrastructure and mission-critical\nsectors.\n\nNUBURU, Inc. (NYSE American: BURU – the “Company”), the next-generation\ndual-use Defense & Security integrated platform company focused on\nnon-kinetic effects and directed-energy technologies, electronic warfare and\ndefense mobility programs, software-orchestrated defense systems and advanced\nmanufacturing, today announced that its operating subsidiary Orbit S.r.l.\n(“Orbit”) has secured cumulative orders totaling approximately US$240,000\nfrom a Tier-One national telecommunications infrastructure operator while\ngenerating approximately US$825,000 of additional commercial pipeline\nvisibility across multiple critical infrastructure sectors.\n\nThe combined order activity and pipeline visibility underscore growing\ncommercial adoption of Orbit’s operational resilience platform and further\nvalidate NUBURU’s strategy of building an integrated defense, security, and\ncritical-infrastructure ecosystem through targeted acquisitions, strategic\ninvestments, and platform integration.\n\nThe customer operates one of the largest fixed telecommunications\ninfrastructure platforms in the Italian domestic market, supporting millions\nof end users through a nationwide network footprint and playing a critical\nrole in enabling connectivity across commercial and institutional\nenvironments.\n\nThe cumulative orders cover Orbit’s New Cybersecurity Framework and related\nservices, including software maintenance, right-to-use licensing and Azure\ncloud-migration support for 2026 and the first half of 2027. The approximately\nUS$240,000 order value represents billable customer purchase-order value; the\ntiming and amount of revenue recognition in NUBURU’s consolidated financial\nstatements will be determined in accordance with applicable U.S. GAAP,\nincluding relevant consolidation, foreign-currency translation and other\naccounting considerations.\n\nOrbit Continues to Validate NUBURU’s Integrated Platform Strategy\n\nOver the past several months, NUBURU has executed a deliberate strategy to\nbuild an integrated defense, security, and critical-infrastructure platform\nthrough targeted acquisitions, strategic investments, and technology\npartnerships. Orbit’s continued commercial traction provides further\nvalidation of this approach, demonstrating growing demand for software-driven\noperational resilience, situational awareness, and decision-support solutions\nacross increasingly complex infrastructure environments.\n\nManagement believes that software-based orchestration platforms capable of\nintegrating cyber, operational, infrastructure, and security data into a\nunified command environment will become increasingly important as governments,\ndefense organizations, utilities, telecommunications operators, and enterprise\ncustomers confront growing operational complexity and evolving threat\nlandscapes.\n\nThe deployment is structured as a scalable entry point across the customer’s\noperational environment and provides confirmed order visibility across 2026\nand the first half of 2027.\n\nExpanding Commercial Pipeline Across Critical Infrastructure Markets\n\nSeparately, commercial offers issued to date in Orbit’s current pipeline\nsupport approximately US$825,000 in additional new-order visibility across\nmission-critical and critical-infrastructure accounts, including\ntelecommunications, financial infrastructure, transportation networks,\npublic-sector organizations, defense and dual-use applications, industrial\noperators, and utility providers.\n\nThis visibility does not represent signed revenue, billings or backlog unless\nand until offers are accepted and definitive customer orders are executed.\n\nOrbit Ownership and Path to Full Acquisition\n\nNUBURU, via Nuburu Defense LLC (“Nuburu Defense”), currently holds\napproximately 22.7% equity interest in Orbit, with governance rights that\nsupport strategic and operational alignment.\n\nFollowing recent shareholder approval authorizing the issuance of shares to\ncomplete the transaction, the Company expects to finalize the acquisition of\n100% of Orbit by year-end.\n\nFull ownership is expected to further enhance NUBURU’s ability to integrate\nOrbit as the software command and orchestration layer of its platform, capture\nthe full economic value of growth, and accelerate commercialization across\nboth defense and civilian critical infrastructure markets.\n\nManagement Commentary\n\nDario Barisoni, Co-CEO of NUBURU and CEO of Nuburu Defense, commented:\n\n“These cumulative orders further validate Orbit’s technology and reinforce\nour conviction that operational resilience and software-based command\nplatforms represent significant long-term opportunities across both civilian\nand defense markets.\n\n“Operators managing large-scale, mission-critical infrastructure are\nincreasingly required to address complex, multi-domain risks through unified,\nsoftware-driven frameworks. Orbit enables real-time orchestration across\nprevention, detection, and response layers, and the confirmed 2026 and\nfirst-half 2027 scope provides a stronger foundation from which to pursue\nbroader critical-infrastructure market expansion.\n\n“As we continue progressing toward full ownership of Orbit, we believe the\nplatform can serve as a key software foundation supporting the broader\nexpansion of NUBURU’s integrated Defense & Security strategy. The\ncommercial-offer visibility we are seeing across mission-critical customers\nfurther demonstrates the scalability and commercial leverage of our model.”\n\nExpanding Demand for Operational Resilience\n\nOperators of national-scale infrastructure - particularly in\ntelecommunications - are undergoing a structural shift toward software-defined\nresilience architectures integrating:\n\n\n * Advanced monitoring of critical assets and interdependencies;\n\n * Scenario modeling and risk simulation;\n\n * Automated response and continuity workflows; and\n\n * Alignment with evolving resilience and operational standards.\n\nThese dynamics are driven by increasing infrastructure complexity and the\ngrowing need to ensure continuous service availability across\nsecurity-sensitive environments.\n\nPositioning Within NUBURU’s Platform Strategy\n\nOrbit represents the software command and orchestration layer of NUBURU’s\nmodular, building-block platform - not simply a dashboard - enabling:\n\n\n * Coordination of multi-domain operational, cyber, infrastructure, and\nsupply-chain data into a decision-ready command environment; and\n\n * Future integration with non-kinetic and directed-energy systems;\n\n * Deployment across defense, dual-use, and civilian critical-infrastructure use\ncases.\n\nThis approach supports NUBURU’s evolution toward a unified platform\narchitecture with scalable modules, providing customers with a single point of\naccess to software-led command, resilience, and defense capabilities.\n\nAbout Nuburu, Inc\n\nNUBURU, Inc. (NYSE American: BURU) is the next-generation dual-use Defense and\nSecurity integrated platform company. NUBURU delivers advanced and deployable\nsoftware-orchestrated, hardware-enabled protection for modern defense and\nsecurity, critical infrastructure, and digital-resilience markets. NUBURU\noperates as an integrated platform of modular capabilities, each delivering\nstandalone operational and financial value while collectively transforming\ninto a comprehensive defense and security capability, which includes:\n\n\n * proprietary directed-energy and non-kinetic effects systems and products\n(laser dazzlers for sensor denial, soft-kill laser non-kinetic neutralization,\ncounter-drone (aerial, land, sea, underwater) and counter-FPV systems, and\nfuture hard-kill directed-energy capabilities);\n\n * electronic warfare (including cyber and electromagnetic attack and protection\nactivities (CEMA), jamming, spectrum dominance operations) and defense\nmobility programs;\n\n * operational resilience AI-assisted orchestrated and analytics software for\nunified command and control and software-as-a-service solutions; and\n\n * advanced manufacturing and deployable in-field mobile production and support.\n\nNUBURU is focused on the commercial rollout of its leading products and\nsystems and on creating significant value for shareholders and wider\nstakeholders. NUBURU aims to do so by continuing to further strengthen its\nbusiness and converting its growing opportunity pipeline into contractual\norders, sustained revenue growth and scaling throughout 2026 and over the\nlonger term.\n\nFor more information, please visit our website www.nuburu.net\n(https://cts.businesswire.com/ct/CT?id=smartlink&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.nuburu.net&esheet=54545121&newsitemid=20260601954298&lan=en-US&anchor=www.nuburu.net&index=1&md5=02fddd8ee89c1770369618e4fdebb6d7)\nand follow us on X https://x.com/nuburulasers\n(https://cts.businesswire.com/ct/CT?id=smartlink&url=https%3A%2F%2Fx.com%2Fnuburulasers&esheet=54545121&newsitemid=20260601954298&lan=en-US&anchor=https%3A%2F%2Fx.com%2Fnuburulasers&index=2&md5=f0b786577c89ea0d426060b5e0a96ad6)\n.\n\nAbout Nuburu Defense LLC\n\nA subsidiary of NUBURU, Nuburu Defense delivers advanced deployable solutions,\nsystems and products for defense and security, critical-infrastructure and\ndigital resilience markets, supporting NUBURU’s Defense & Security\nplatform strategy.\n\nFor more information on our Acquisitions and Joint Ventures:\n\n\n * Orbit: \nwww.orbitopenplatform.com\n(https://cts.businesswire.com/ct/CT?id=smartlink&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.orbitopenplatform.com&esheet=54545121&newsitemid=20260601954298&lan=en-US&anchor=www.orbitopenplatform.com&index=3&md5=923c75abadc7054492a94096a37b3ba1)\n\n– As a result of an approximate 22% ownership interest in Orbit in January\n2026, NUBURU now holds a controlling position in Orbit and its board of\ndirectors, with 100% ownership of Orbit expected no later than 31 December\n2026.\n\n\n\nOrbit provides a software platform focused on operational resilience, risk\nintelligence, data integration, and decision support, enabling the\ncoordination, monitoring, and governance of complex systems and assets. Orbit\nensures operational continuity and command across dual use enterprise,\ndefense, government and critical-infrastructure environments. Within the\nNUBURU Defense and Security Platform, Orbit serves as the central intelligence\nand command layer supporting sensor fusion, situational awareness, workflow\norchestration, and auditability across both kinetic and non-kinetic components\n– bridging digital systems with physical operations.\n\n\n\nTekne S.p.A.: \nTEKNE S.p.A. | SPECIAL VEHICLES & ELECTRONICS\n(https://cts.businesswire.com/ct/CT?id=smartlink&url=https%3A%2F%2Fen.tekne.it%2F&esheet=54545121&newsitemid=20260601954298&lan=en-US&anchor=TEKNE+S.p.A.+%7C+SPECIAL+VEHICLES+%26amp%3B+ELECTRONICS&index=4&md5=c666a8183ad6cb2eb2e5e37c7424d37f)\n\n- Tekne proudly serves a well-established global client base, including key\nnational organizations such as government ministries, departments and agencies\nand other public sector entities, underlining Tekne’s vital role and\ntop-level credibility and standing within the international defense sector.\nSince receiving NATO accreditation in 2017, Tekne has been a supplier to NATO\nmember countries.\n\n\n * Maddox Defense Incorporated Joint Venture – NUBURU, through Nuburu Defense,\nexecuted a JV agreement with Maddox Defense Incorporated in March 2026. Maddox\nis a U.S.-based defense manufacturing company focused on advanced production\ncapabilities supporting unmanned systems, mission-critical components, and\ndefense modernization initiatives, serving U.S. defense and allied markets.\n\n\n\nThe JV, with majority ownership and strategic oversight by Nuburu Defense, is\nintended to develop and commercialize a modular, containerized, mobile\nadditive manufacturing system (MAMC) designed to produce drone components,\nmission-critical structural parts, pods, and related defense systems.\n\nAbout Nuburu Subsidiary, Inc\n\nA subsidiary of NUBURU, Nuburu Subsidiary, Inc. fully owns Lyocon S.r.l.\n(“Lyocon”), an Italian laser-technology company specializing in the\ndesign, manufacturing, and integration of high-power blue-laser systems for\nindustrial applications. Home Page - Lyocon\n(https://cts.businesswire.com/ct/CT?id=smartlink&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.lyocon.com%2F&esheet=54545121&newsitemid=20260601954298&lan=en-US&anchor=Home+Page+-+Lyocon&index=5&md5=190d4d7e6a87b7aaccc937cc83b02abb)\n.\n\nLyocon operates as a fully consolidated operating subsidiary within the NUBURU\ngroup and represents the core industrial platform for NUBURU’s reactivated\nand expanded blue-laser business, while simultaneously positioning the\ntechnology for dual-use industrial and defense applications. Lyocon has\nexpanded and enhanced NUBURU’s in-house engineering, assembly, testing, and\ndemonstration capabilities for laser-based and directed-energy systems\napplicable to both defense and civilian security use cases.\n\nForward-Looking Statements\n\nThis press release contains certain “forward-looking statements” within\nthe meaning of the United States Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of\n1995, Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and Section 21E\nof the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. All statements other than\nstatements of historical fact contained in this press release may be\nforward-looking statements, identified by words such as “may,”\n“should,” “expect,” “intend,” “will,” “estimate,”\n“anticipate,” “believe,” “predict,” “plan,” “seek,”\n“targets,” “projects,” “could,” “would,” “continue,”\n“forecast,” or their negatives or variations. Forward-looking statements\ninclude, without limitation, statements regarding NUBURU’s platform\nstrategy; Orbit’s expected role as a software intelligence,\nsituational-awareness, interoperability and operational-resilience layer\nwithin NUBURU’s Defense & Security Platform; expected integration of\nOrbit with NUBURU and third-party components; the expected completion and\nbenefits of NUBURU’s acquisition of 100% of Orbit; expected\ncommercialization across defense, security and critical-infrastructure\nmarkets; the expected timing and accounting treatment of Orbit customer\norders; and the conversion of commercial offers, pipeline or new-order\nvisibility into definitive customer orders, billings or revenue. The\napproximately US$240,000 cumulative order value described in this release\nrepresents customer purchase-order value/billings; recognition as revenue in\nNUBURU’s consolidated financial statements is subject to U.S. GAAP,\nincluding applicable revenue-recognition, consolidation, foreign-currency\ntranslation and other accounting determinations. Commercial-offer visibility\ndoes not represent signed revenue, billings or backlog. These statements are\nsubject to risks, uncertainties, and other factors that could cause actual\nresults to differ materially, including but not limited to: (1) the ability to\nmeet applicable securities exchange listing standards; (2) the impact of the\nloss of the Company’s patent portfolio through foreclosure; (3) failure to\nachieve expectations regarding business development and acquisition\nstrategies; (4) inability to access sufficient capital; (5) inability to\nrealize anticipated benefits of acquisitions; (6) changes in applicable laws\nor regulations; (7) adverse economic, business, or competitive factors; (8)\nfinancial market volatility due to geopolitical and economic factors; (9)\ndelays or failures in customer acceptance, deployment, integration, invoicing\nor payment; (10) inability to convert commercial offers or pipeline visibility\ninto definitive orders, billings or revenue; (11) changes in U.S. GAAP\naccounting conclusions, foreign-exchange rates, consolidation treatment or\nother accounting determinations; (12) technical, regulatory, customer, partner\nor integration limitations affecting Orbit’s expected platform role; and\n(13) other risks detailed in the Company’s SEC filings, including its most\nrecent Form 10-K and Form 10-Q. These filings address additional risks that\ncould cause actual results to differ materially from those contemplated by\nsuch forward-looking statements. Readers should not place undue reliance on\nthese statements, which speak only as of the date they are made. NUBURU\nundertakes no obligation to update or revise these statements, except as\nrequired by law.\n\nThis communication does not constitute an offer to sell or the solicitation of\nan offer to buy any securities.\n\nSource: NUBURU, Inc.\n\n\n\nView source version on businesswire.com:\nhttps://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20260601954298/en/\n(https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20260601954298/en/)\n\nNUBURU Investor Relations: ir@nuburu.net \n(mailto:ir@nuburu.net) \nMedia Contact: press@nuburu.net \n(mailto:press@nuburu.net) \nWebsite: www.nuburu.net\n(https://cts.businesswire.com/ct/CT?id=smartlink&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.nuburu.net&esheet=54545121&newsitemid=20260601954298&lan=en-US&anchor=www.nuburu.net&index=6&md5=151228ca24c8609aa52f711f829c727d)\n\n\nCopyright Business Wire 2026","article_body_html":"","raw_payload":{"data":{"id":"nBw4JbWMya","title":"NUBURU Expands Defense & Security Platform Momentum with Tier-One Critical Infrastructure Customer, Highlighting Approximately $1.1 Million of Orbit Order Value and Commercial Visibility","author":"Business Wire","ticker":"BURU","created":"2026-06-01T10:43:00.070Z","tickers":["BURU"],"exchange":"NYSE American","article_body":"NUBURU Expands Defense & Security Platform Momentum with Tier-One Critical\nInfrastructure Customer, Highlighting Approximately $1.1 Million of Orbit\nOrder Value and Commercial Visibility\n\nCumulative orders with a national telecommunications infrastructure operator\nvalidate Orbit’s situational-awareness, interoperability and\noperational-resilience capabilities as a foundational software layer of\nNUBURU’s Dual-Use Platform, with additional pipeline visibility supported by\ncommercial offers issued across critical-infrastructure and mission-critical\nsectors.\n\nNUBURU, Inc. (NYSE American: BURU – the “Company”), the next-generation\ndual-use Defense & Security integrated platform company focused on\nnon-kinetic effects and directed-energy technologies, electronic warfare and\ndefense mobility programs, software-orchestrated defense systems and advanced\nmanufacturing, today announced that its operating subsidiary Orbit S.r.l.\n(“Orbit”) has secured cumulative orders totaling approximately US$240,000\nfrom a Tier-One national telecommunications infrastructure operator while\ngenerating approximately US$825,000 of additional commercial pipeline\nvisibility across multiple critical infrastructure sectors.\n\nThe combined order activity and pipeline visibility underscore growing\ncommercial adoption of Orbit’s operational resilience platform and further\nvalidate NUBURU’s strategy of building an integrated defense, security, and\ncritical-infrastructure ecosystem through targeted acquisitions, strategic\ninvestments, and platform integration.\n\nThe customer operates one of the largest fixed telecommunications\ninfrastructure platforms in the Italian domestic market, supporting millions\nof end users through a nationwide network footprint and playing a critical\nrole in enabling connectivity across commercial and institutional\nenvironments.\n\nThe cumulative orders cover Orbit’s New Cybersecurity Framework and related\nservices, including software maintenance, right-to-use licensing and Azure\ncloud-migration support for 2026 and the first half of 2027. The approximately\nUS$240,000 order value represents billable customer purchase-order value; the\ntiming and amount of revenue recognition in NUBURU’s consolidated financial\nstatements will be determined in accordance with applicable U.S. GAAP,\nincluding relevant consolidation, foreign-currency translation and other\naccounting considerations.\n\nOrbit Continues to Validate NUBURU’s Integrated Platform Strategy\n\nOver the past several months, NUBURU has executed a deliberate strategy to\nbuild an integrated defense, security, and critical-infrastructure platform\nthrough targeted acquisitions, strategic investments, and technology\npartnerships. Orbit’s continued commercial traction provides further\nvalidation of this approach, demonstrating growing demand for software-driven\noperational resilience, situational awareness, and decision-support solutions\nacross increasingly complex infrastructure environments.\n\nManagement believes that software-based orchestration platforms capable of\nintegrating cyber, operational, infrastructure, and security data into a\nunified command environment will become increasingly important as governments,\ndefense organizations, utilities, telecommunications operators, and enterprise\ncustomers confront growing operational complexity and evolving threat\nlandscapes.\n\nThe deployment is structured as a scalable entry point across the customer’s\noperational environment and provides confirmed order visibility across 2026\nand the first half of 2027.\n\nExpanding Commercial Pipeline Across Critical Infrastructure Markets\n\nSeparately, commercial offers issued to date in Orbit’s current pipeline\nsupport approximately US$825,000 in additional new-order visibility across\nmission-critical and critical-infrastructure accounts, including\ntelecommunications, financial infrastructure, transportation networks,\npublic-sector organizations, defense and dual-use applications, industrial\noperators, and utility providers.\n\nThis visibility does not represent signed revenue, billings or backlog unless\nand until offers are accepted and definitive customer orders are executed.\n\nOrbit Ownership and Path to Full Acquisition\n\nNUBURU, via Nuburu Defense LLC (“Nuburu Defense”), currently holds\napproximately 22.7% equity interest in Orbit, with governance rights that\nsupport strategic and operational alignment.\n\nFollowing recent shareholder approval authorizing the issuance of shares to\ncomplete the transaction, the Company expects to finalize the acquisition of\n100% of Orbit by year-end.\n\nFull ownership is expected to further enhance NUBURU’s ability to integrate\nOrbit as the software command and orchestration layer of its platform, capture\nthe full economic value of growth, and accelerate commercialization across\nboth defense and civilian critical infrastructure markets.\n\nManagement Commentary\n\nDario Barisoni, Co-CEO of NUBURU and CEO of Nuburu Defense, commented:\n\n“These cumulative orders further validate Orbit’s technology and reinforce\nour conviction that operational resilience and software-based command\nplatforms represent significant long-term opportunities across both civilian\nand defense markets.\n\n“Operators managing large-scale, mission-critical infrastructure are\nincreasingly required to address complex, multi-domain risks through unified,\nsoftware-driven frameworks. Orbit enables real-time orchestration across\nprevention, detection, and response layers, and the confirmed 2026 and\nfirst-half 2027 scope provides a stronger foundation from which to pursue\nbroader critical-infrastructure market expansion.\n\n“As we continue progressing toward full ownership of Orbit, we believe the\nplatform can serve as a key software foundation supporting the broader\nexpansion of NUBURU’s integrated Defense & Security strategy. The\ncommercial-offer visibility we are seeing across mission-critical customers\nfurther demonstrates the scalability and commercial leverage of our model.”\n\nExpanding Demand for Operational Resilience\n\nOperators of national-scale infrastructure - particularly in\ntelecommunications - are undergoing a structural shift toward software-defined\nresilience architectures integrating:\n\n\n * Advanced monitoring of critical assets and interdependencies;\n\n * Scenario modeling and risk simulation;\n\n * Automated response and continuity workflows; and\n\n * Alignment with evolving resilience and operational standards.\n\nThese dynamics are driven by increasing infrastructure complexity and the\ngrowing need to ensure continuous service availability across\nsecurity-sensitive environments.\n\nPositioning Within NUBURU’s Platform Strategy\n\nOrbit represents the software command and orchestration layer of NUBURU’s\nmodular, building-block platform - not simply a dashboard - enabling:\n\n\n * Coordination of multi-domain operational, cyber, infrastructure, and\nsupply-chain data into a decision-ready command environment; and\n\n * Future integration with non-kinetic and directed-energy systems;\n\n * Deployment across defense, dual-use, and civilian critical-infrastructure use\ncases.\n\nThis approach supports NUBURU’s evolution toward a unified platform\narchitecture with scalable modules, providing customers with a single point of\naccess to software-led command, resilience, and defense capabilities.\n\nAbout Nuburu, Inc\n\nNUBURU, Inc. (NYSE American: BURU) is the next-generation dual-use Defense and\nSecurity integrated platform company. NUBURU delivers advanced and deployable\nsoftware-orchestrated, hardware-enabled protection for modern defense and\nsecurity, critical infrastructure, and digital-resilience markets. NUBURU\noperates as an integrated platform of modular capabilities, each delivering\nstandalone operational and financial value while collectively transforming\ninto a comprehensive defense and security capability, which includes:\n\n\n * proprietary directed-energy and non-kinetic effects systems and products\n(laser dazzlers for sensor denial, soft-kill laser non-kinetic neutralization,\ncounter-drone (aerial, land, sea, underwater) and counter-FPV systems, and\nfuture hard-kill directed-energy capabilities);\n\n * electronic warfare (including cyber and electromagnetic attack and protection\nactivities (CEMA), jamming, spectrum dominance operations) and defense\nmobility programs;\n\n * operational resilience AI-assisted orchestrated and analytics software for\nunified command and control and software-as-a-service solutions; and\n\n * advanced manufacturing and deployable in-field mobile production and support.\n\nNUBURU is focused on the commercial rollout of its leading products and\nsystems and on creating significant value for shareholders and wider\nstakeholders. NUBURU aims to do so by continuing to further strengthen its\nbusiness and converting its growing opportunity pipeline into contractual\norders, sustained revenue growth and scaling throughout 2026 and over the\nlonger term.\n\nFor more information, please visit our website www.nuburu.net\n(https://cts.businesswire.com/ct/CT?id=smartlink&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.nuburu.net&esheet=54545121&newsitemid=20260601954298&lan=en-US&anchor=www.nuburu.net&index=1&md5=02fddd8ee89c1770369618e4fdebb6d7)\nand follow us on X https://x.com/nuburulasers\n(https://cts.businesswire.com/ct/CT?id=smartlink&url=https%3A%2F%2Fx.com%2Fnuburulasers&esheet=54545121&newsitemid=20260601954298&lan=en-US&anchor=https%3A%2F%2Fx.com%2Fnuburulasers&index=2&md5=f0b786577c89ea0d426060b5e0a96ad6)\n.\n\nAbout Nuburu Defense LLC\n\nA subsidiary of NUBURU, Nuburu Defense delivers advanced deployable solutions,\nsystems and products for defense and security, critical-infrastructure and\ndigital resilience markets, supporting NUBURU’s Defense & Security\nplatform strategy.\n\nFor more information on our Acquisitions and Joint Ventures:\n\n\n * Orbit: \nwww.orbitopenplatform.com\n(https://cts.businesswire.com/ct/CT?id=smartlink&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.orbitopenplatform.com&esheet=54545121&newsitemid=20260601954298&lan=en-US&anchor=www.orbitopenplatform.com&index=3&md5=923c75abadc7054492a94096a37b3ba1)\n\n– As a result of an approximate 22% ownership interest in Orbit in January\n2026, NUBURU now holds a controlling position in Orbit and its board of\ndirectors, with 100% ownership of Orbit expected no later than 31 December\n2026.\n\n\n\nOrbit provides a software platform focused on operational resilience, risk\nintelligence, data integration, and decision support, enabling the\ncoordination, monitoring, and governance of complex systems and assets. Orbit\nensures operational continuity and command across dual use enterprise,\ndefense, government and critical-infrastructure environments. Within the\nNUBURU Defense and Security Platform, Orbit serves as the central intelligence\nand command layer supporting sensor fusion, situational awareness, workflow\norchestration, and auditability across both kinetic and non-kinetic components\n– bridging digital systems with physical operations.\n\n\n\nTekne S.p.A.: \nTEKNE S.p.A. | SPECIAL VEHICLES & ELECTRONICS\n(https://cts.businesswire.com/ct/CT?id=smartlink&url=https%3A%2F%2Fen.tekne.it%2F&esheet=54545121&newsitemid=20260601954298&lan=en-US&anchor=TEKNE+S.p.A.+%7C+SPECIAL+VEHICLES+%26amp%3B+ELECTRONICS&index=4&md5=c666a8183ad6cb2eb2e5e37c7424d37f)\n\n- Tekne proudly serves a well-established global client base, including key\nnational organizations such as government ministries, departments and agencies\nand other public sector entities, underlining Tekne’s vital role and\ntop-level credibility and standing within the international defense sector.\nSince receiving NATO accreditation in 2017, Tekne has been a supplier to NATO\nmember countries.\n\n\n * Maddox Defense Incorporated Joint Venture – NUBURU, through Nuburu Defense,\nexecuted a JV agreement with Maddox Defense Incorporated in March 2026. Maddox\nis a U.S.-based defense manufacturing company focused on advanced production\ncapabilities supporting unmanned systems, mission-critical components, and\ndefense modernization initiatives, serving U.S. defense and allied markets.\n\n\n\nThe JV, with majority ownership and strategic oversight by Nuburu Defense, is\nintended to develop and commercialize a modular, containerized, mobile\nadditive manufacturing system (MAMC) designed to produce drone components,\nmission-critical structural parts, pods, and related defense systems.\n\nAbout Nuburu Subsidiary, Inc\n\nA subsidiary of NUBURU, Nuburu Subsidiary, Inc. fully owns Lyocon S.r.l.\n(“Lyocon”), an Italian laser-technology company specializing in the\ndesign, manufacturing, and integration of high-power blue-laser systems for\nindustrial applications. Home Page - Lyocon\n(https://cts.businesswire.com/ct/CT?id=smartlink&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.lyocon.com%2F&esheet=54545121&newsitemid=20260601954298&lan=en-US&anchor=Home+Page+-+Lyocon&index=5&md5=190d4d7e6a87b7aaccc937cc83b02abb)\n.\n\nLyocon operates as a fully consolidated operating subsidiary within the NUBURU\ngroup and represents the core industrial platform for NUBURU’s reactivated\nand expanded blue-laser business, while simultaneously positioning the\ntechnology for dual-use industrial and defense applications. Lyocon has\nexpanded and enhanced NUBURU’s in-house engineering, assembly, testing, and\ndemonstration capabilities for laser-based and directed-energy systems\napplicable to both defense and civilian security use cases.\n\nForward-Looking Statements\n\nThis press release contains certain “forward-looking statements” within\nthe meaning of the United States Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of\n1995, Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and Section 21E\nof the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. All statements other than\nstatements of historical fact contained in this press release may be\nforward-looking statements, identified by words such as “may,”\n“should,” “expect,” “intend,” “will,” “estimate,”\n“anticipate,” “believe,” “predict,” “plan,” “seek,”\n“targets,” “projects,” “could,” “would,” “continue,”\n“forecast,” or their negatives or variations. Forward-looking statements\ninclude, without limitation, statements regarding NUBURU’s platform\nstrategy; Orbit’s expected role as a software intelligence,\nsituational-awareness, interoperability and operational-resilience layer\nwithin NUBURU’s Defense & Security Platform; expected integration of\nOrbit with NUBURU and third-party components; the expected completion and\nbenefits of NUBURU’s acquisition of 100% of Orbit; expected\ncommercialization across defense, security and critical-infrastructure\nmarkets; the expected timing and accounting treatment of Orbit customer\norders; and the conversion of commercial offers, pipeline or new-order\nvisibility into definitive customer orders, billings or revenue. The\napproximately US$240,000 cumulative order value described in this release\nrepresents customer purchase-order value/billings; recognition as revenue in\nNUBURU’s consolidated financial statements is subject to U.S. GAAP,\nincluding applicable revenue-recognition, consolidation, foreign-currency\ntranslation and other accounting determinations. Commercial-offer visibility\ndoes not represent signed revenue, billings or backlog. These statements are\nsubject to risks, uncertainties, and other factors that could cause actual\nresults to differ materially, including but not limited to: (1) the ability to\nmeet applicable securities exchange listing standards; (2) the impact of the\nloss of the Company’s patent portfolio through foreclosure; (3) failure to\nachieve expectations regarding business development and acquisition\nstrategies; (4) inability to access sufficient capital; (5) inability to\nrealize anticipated benefits of acquisitions; (6) changes in applicable laws\nor regulations; (7) adverse economic, business, or competitive factors; (8)\nfinancial market volatility due to geopolitical and economic factors; (9)\ndelays or failures in customer acceptance, deployment, integration, invoicing\nor payment; (10) inability to convert commercial offers or pipeline visibility\ninto definitive orders, billings or revenue; (11) changes in U.S. GAAP\naccounting conclusions, foreign-exchange rates, consolidation treatment or\nother accounting determinations; (12) technical, regulatory, customer, partner\nor integration limitations affecting Orbit’s expected platform role; and\n(13) other risks detailed in the Company’s SEC filings, including its most\nrecent Form 10-K and Form 10-Q. These filings address additional risks that\ncould cause actual results to differ materially from those contemplated by\nsuch forward-looking statements. Readers should not place undue reliance on\nthese statements, which speak only as of the date they are made. NUBURU\nundertakes no obligation to update or revise these statements, except as\nrequired by law.\n\nThis communication does not constitute an offer to sell or the solicitation of\nan offer to buy any securities.\n\nSource: NUBURU, Inc.\n\n\n\nView source version on businesswire.com:\nhttps://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20260601954298/en/\n(https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20260601954298/en/)\n\nNUBURU Investor Relations: ir@nuburu.net \n(mailto:ir@nuburu.net) \nMedia Contact: press@nuburu.net \n(mailto:press@nuburu.net) \nWebsite: www.nuburu.net\n(https://cts.businesswire.com/ct/CT?id=smartlink&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.nuburu.net&esheet=54545121&newsitemid=20260601954298&lan=en-US&anchor=www.nuburu.net&index=6&md5=151228ca24c8609aa52f711f829c727d)\n\n\nCopyright Business Wire 2026"},"type":"article","timestamp":"2026-06-01T10:43:00.134567812Z","server_sent_at_ms":1780310580134},"received_at":"2026-06-01T10:43:00.292Z","source_url":"https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20260601954298/en/"},"analysis":{"id":"39941","press_release_id":"50509","analysis_json":{"industry":{"label":"Software","sector":"Information Technology"},"redFlags":["Pipeline visibility ($825k) is not signed revenue or backlog","Order value ($240k) is immaterial relative to typical public company reporting thresholds","Forward-looking statements highlight risk of patent portfolio loss through foreclosure"],"eventType":"operations_update","narrative":"NUBURU announced that its subsidiary Orbit secured cumulative orders totaling approximately $240,000 from a Tier-One national telecommunications infrastructure operator in Italy.\n\nThe company also reported approximately $825,000 in additional commercial pipeline visibility across critical infrastructure sectors, though these are not yet signed contracts.\n\nNUBURU currently holds a 22.7% equity interest in Orbit and expects to finalize the acquisition of 100% ownership by year-end 2026.","sentiment":"bullish","agentHooks":{"shouldPost":false,"suggestedAngle":"Strategic validation of Orbit platform with Tier-1 telecom customer, but small absolute deal size limits immediate market impact."},"keyFigures":{"customDimensions":{"cumulative_orders_usd":240000,"orbit_equity_interest":"22.7%","pipeline_visibility_usd":825000}},"quotedText":"These cumulative orders further validate Orbit’s technology and reinforce our conviction that operational resilience and software-based command platforms represent significant long-term opportunities across both civilian and defense markets.","namedEntities":{"people":[{"name":"Dario Barisoni","role":"Co-CEO of NUBURU and CEO of Nuburu Defense"}],"products":["Orbit","New Cybersecurity Framework"],"companies":[{"name":"NUBURU, Inc.","ticker":"BURU","relationship":"filer"},{"name":"Orbit S.r.l.","relationship":"subsidiary"},{"name":"Nuburu Defense LLC","relationship":"subsidiary"},{"name":"Tekne S.p.A.","relationship":"subsidiary"},{"name":"Maddox Defense Incorporated","relationship":"joint venture partner"},{"name":"Lyocon S.r.l.","relationship":"subsidiary"}],"dollarAmounts":[{"amount":"US$240,000","context":"cumulative orders from Tier-One customer"},{"amount":"US$825,000","context":"additional commercial pipeline visibility"},{"amount":"$1.1 Million","context":"combined order value and pipeline visibility (headline)"}]},"materialImpact":{"score":2,"reasoning":"The release highlights a small cumulative order ($240k) and pipeline visibility ($825k) for a subsidiary, validating the company's platform strategy. 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