** Aerospace and defense company AIRO Group AIRO.O set for Nasdaq debut on Friday under symbol "AIRO"
** AIRO late on Thursday sold 6 million shares at $10 apiece for gross proceeds of $60 million
** Albuquerque, New Mexico-based AIRO had earlier marketed 5 million shares priced between $14 and $16 apiece
** Cantor, BTIG, and Mizuho were the joint lead book-running managers for the offering
** AIRO plans to use the proceeds to repay debt, grow its business, and other purposes
** IPO comes after AIRO's previous attempt to go public through an $847 million blank-check deal was scrapped last year
(Reporting by Arasu Kannagi Basil in Bengaluru)
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