---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001683168-25-009400"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "BAER"
cik: "0001941536"
company_name: "Bridger Aerospace Group Holdings, Inc."
filed_at: "2025-12-30T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-16T12:01:57.030226+00:00"
event_type: "m_and_a"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.7
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.7
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Bridger Aerospace closes $50M purchase of two Super Scoopers, adds four Air Attack aircraft

## Summary
- Completed purchase of two Canadair CL-215T aircraft from MAB Funding for $49.98M at closing, boosting Super Scooper fleet to eight.
- Added four Air Attack aircraft to balance sheet in Q4 2025 (two previously leased), bringing light fixed-wing fleet to 11.
- Scooper purchase funded by $210M Senior Secured Term Loan Facility closed in October; Air Attack acquisition used cash and a loan draw.
- CEO Sam Davis says expanded fleet positions company for increased contract awards and revenue growth starting in 2026.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001683168-25-009400
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: BAER
- cik: 0001941536
- company_name: Bridger Aerospace Group Holdings, Inc.
- filed_at: 2025-12-30T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: m_and_a
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.7
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.7
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.01, 7.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1941536/000168316825009400/0001683168-25-009400-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1941536/000168316825009400/bridger_8k.htm

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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001683168-25-009400.txt

## Source-grounded claims
- claim_id: e650afb62c28edd99d019d8827df7e7d762a739d
  claim: Bridger Aerospace Group Holdings, Inc. completed an acquisition involving MAB Funding Designated Activity Company for $50,000,000 (closed 2025-12-23).
  evidence_excerpt: model CL-215-6B11 (CL-215T Variant) aircraft, together with four Pratt and Whitney Canada engines, related components and records, for an aggregate purchase price of $50,000,000, allocated $25,000,000 per aircraft. On December 23, 2025, the Buyer consummated the acquisition in accordance with the APA. At closing, the Company, through the Buyer, paid the
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1941536/000168316825009400/0001683168-25-009400-index.htm

This AI-assisted summary is a reading aid. Review the linked SEC EDGAR filing before relying on any specific claim.