SNCAO (abbreviated from ''Société nationale des constructions aéronautiques de l'ouest'') was a state-owned

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, which originated on November 16, 1936, from the

merger Mergers and acquisitions (M&A) are business transactions in which the ownership of a company, business organization, or one of their operating units is transferred to or consolidated with another entity. They may happen through direct absorpt ...

of the factories of Breguet in

Bouguenais Bouguenais (; Gallo: ''Bógonaè'' or ''Boug·naï'', ) is a commune in the Loire-Atlantique department in western France near Nantes. Bouguenais is home to the Nantes Atlantique Airport. Population Economy Régional, a regional airline, ...

, and

Loire The Loire ( , , ; ; ; ; ) is the longest river in France and the 171st longest in the world. With a length of , it drains , more than a fifth of France's land, while its average discharge is only half that of the Rhône. It rises in the so ...

Nieuport Nieuport, later Nieuport-Delage, was a French aeroplane company that primarily built racing aircraft before World War I and fighter aircraft during World War I and between the wars. History Beginnings Originally formed as Nieuport-Duplex in ...

St Nazaire Saint-Nazaire (; ; ) is a commune in the Loire-Atlantique department in western France, in traditional Brittany. The town has a major harbour on the right bank of the Loire estuary, near the Atlantic Ocean. The town is at the south of the seco ...

and

Issy-les-Moulineaux Issy-les-Moulineaux () is a commune in the southwestern suburban area of Paris, France, lying on the left bank of the river Seine. Its citizens are called in French. It is one of Paris's entrances and is located from Notre Dame Cathedral, whic ...

. The company had been formed as one of six state-owned ''Société Nationales'' in the 1936 nationalistation of military industries; at the end of 1940 these were re-organised and SNCAO was absorbed by

SNCASO SNCASO (abbreviated from ''Société nationale des constructions aéronautiques du Sud-Ouest'' ), or commonly ''Sud-Ouest'', was a French aircraft manufacturer. Created during 1936 as one of seven nationalised aeronautical manufacturing companie ...

. In 1957 SNCASO was merged into

Sud Aviation Sud Aviation (, 'Southern Aviation') was a French state-owned aircraft manufacturer, originating in the merger of Sud-Est ( SNCASE, or ''Société nationale des constructions aéronautiques du sud-est'') and Sud-Ouest ( SNCASO or ''Société nat ...

Aircraft

SNCAO 30 The SNCAO 30 was a French single-engined monoplane flying boat two-seat trainer. Although it was ordered into production for the French Navy, only two prototypes were built. Development and design In the late 1930s Loire-Nieuport commenced deve ...

SNCAO 200 The SNCAO 200, sometimes written as CAO.200, was a French single-seat fighter aircraft prototype of the 1930s. It was a single-engined monoplane intended to compete with the Dewoitine D.520, but it was unsuccessful, and only one was built. Desig ...

SNCAO CAO.600 The SNCAO CAO.600 was a French prototype twin-engined torpedo-bomber of the Second World War. It was intended to operate from two new aircraft carriers of the French Navy, but only a single example had been completed and flown when the surrender ...

* SNCAO CAO.700

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External links

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