Arsenal de l'Aéronautique (commonly named Arsenal) was a national military aircraft manufacturer established by the French

France

The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...

 Government in 1936

1936 in aviation

This is a list of aviation-related events from 1936:- Events :* The Royal Air Forces first monoplane bomber, the Avro Anson, enters service.*The German Luftwaffe begins experiments with helle Nachtjagd techniques, the operation of night fighters with the aid of searchlights.*The Soviet aviator...

 at Villacoublay. In the years before World War II

World War II

World War II, or the Second World War , was a global conflict lasting from 1939 to 1945, involving most of the world's nations—including all of the great powers—eventually forming two opposing military alliances: the Allies and the Axis...

, it developed a range of technically advanced fighter aircraft, but none of these were manufactured in sufficient quantities to be of any use against the German invasion. Following the war, Arsenal was relocated to Châtillon-sous-Bagneux, where it was privatised as SFECMAS (la Société Française d’Etude et de Constructions de Matériel Aéronautiques Spéciaux) in 1952

1952 in aviation

This is a list of aviation-related events from 1952:- Events :* The Royal Navy conducts the worlds first trials of an angled flight deck, aboard the aircraft carrier HMS Triumph. It had been invented by Royal Navy Captain Dennis R. F. Campbell,* The Royal Navy conducts the worlds first trials of a...

. In SFECMAS joined SNCAN to create Nord Aviation

Nord Aviation

Nord-Aviation was a state-owned French aircraft manufacturer. It was created on October 1, 1954 upon the acquisition of SFECMAS by SNCAN...

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Aircraft

• Arsenal VG 30 (1938) Single-engine one-seat low-wing monoplane propeller-engine fighter aircraft. One prototype built

• Arsenal VG 31 VG-30 variant powered by Hispano-Suiza engine. One built

• Arsenal VG 32 VG-30 variant powered by Allison engine. One built

• Arsenal VG-33 Production version of VG-32

• Arsenal VG-34 VG-33 variant with newer engine. One built

• Arsenal VG-35 VG-33 variant with newer engine. One built

• Arsenal VG-36 VG-33 variant with newer engine and modified radiator housing. One built

• Arsenal VG-37 Proposed VG-33 variant with longer range. Not built

• Arsenal VG-38 Proposed VG-33 variant with newer engine. Not built

• Arsenal VG-39 VG-36 variant with more streamlined nose and larger engine. One built

• Arsenal VG-40 VG-39 variant with Rolls-Royce engine. Not built

• Arsenal VG-50 VG-39 variant with Allison engine. Not built

• Arsenal VB 10
  Arsenal VB 10
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  (1945) Two-engine single-seat propeller fighter aircraft with fore-and-aft engines. Six built

• Arsenal O.101
  Arsenal O.101
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  (1947) Single-engine two-seat low-wing aerodynamic research aircraft. One built

• Arsenal VG 70
  Arsenal VG 70
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  (1948) Single-engine one-seat high-wing swept-wing jet experimental aircraft. One built

• Arsenal VG 80

• Arsenal VG 90
  Arsenal VG 90
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  (1949) Single-engine one-seat high-wing swept-wing carrier-based jet fighter. Three built; two completed

• Arsenal-Delanne 10

Gliders

• Air 100

• Air 101

• Air 102

• Air 4111

• Arsenal SA-103 Emouchet Escopette

• Arsenal 1301 - supersonic research glider

• Arsenal 2301 - supersonic research glider

Targets and missiles

• Arsenal 5201  - (SS 10 (sol-sol))

• Arsenal AS 10 - (ALAT (AAM))

• Arsenal 5501 - (CT 10 target)

• Arsenal 5510 - (CT 20 target)

• Nord SM 20 (sol-mer anti-shipping)

• Nord CT 41 (supersonic target)