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schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001683168-25-008629"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "BAER"
cik: "0001941536"
company_name: "Bridger Aerospace Group Holdings, Inc."
filed_at: "2025-11-24T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-16T17:23:11.062443+00:00"
event_type: "m_and_a"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.75
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confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Bridger Aerospace to acquire two CL-215T Super Scoopers for $50M, expanding fleet to 8

## Summary
- Purchase agreement for two Bombardier CL-215T aircraft at $25M each; $3M deposit paid.
- Expands Super Scooper fleet from 6 to 8, now world's largest private fleet.
- Transaction expected to close before year-end 2025; aircraft ready for 2026 fire season.
- Two additional Super Scoopers under partnership remain in return-to-service work at Albacete Aero, slated for 2026.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001683168-25-008629
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: BAER
- cik: 0001941536
- company_name: Bridger Aerospace Group Holdings, Inc.
- filed_at: 2025-11-24T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: m_and_a
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.75
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 1.01, 7.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1941536/000168316825008629/0001683168-25-008629-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1941536/000168316825008629/bridger_8k.htm

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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001683168-25-008629.txt

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