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Bridger Aerospace and Positive Aviation Announce Joint Partnership for the Development of Water Scooping Aircraft
BELGRADE, Mont. and BLAGNAC, France, March 25, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Bridger Aerospace Group Holdings, Inc. (“Bridger” or “Bridger Aerospace”) (NASDAQ: BAER, BAERW), one of the nation’s largest aerial firefighting companies, and Positive Aviation, Inc. (“PA”), a Blagnac, France-based engineering company, announced today that they have entered into a Memorandum of Understanding (“MOU”) designating Bridger as the exclusive North American launch customer for PA’s FF72 aircraft, a state-of-the-ar
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