SA des Etablissements Nieuport founded at Issy-les-Moulineaux, Paris, June 1910 by Edouard de Niéport, who used name Nieuport (to which he later changed his own) to avoid embarrassing his family. Niéport had built fast monoplanes from October 1908, first to carry designations being 30-hp 2N and 50-hp 2V (speed record 82.73 mph), both 1911. He was killed 15 September 1911, Henri Deutsche de la Meurthe reorganizing as limited company. By 1914 over 120 aircraft sold, many exported including to French, Italian and Russian armies. In 1914 Gustave Delage joined as designer and produced remarkable series of superior aircraft starting with Nie.10 2-seater (late 1914). From this stemmed over 10,000 aircraft of 16 basic types, notably including Types 11 and XVII agile lightweight V-strut sesquiplanes with rotary engines. This formula endured until Nie.28 (June 1917) which was conventional biplane. Delage also produced a triplane fighter and a monoplane. Post-war adhered to conventional biplanes, notably with Nie 29 (300-hp Hispano, June 1918) of which at least 1,220 built including many by French, Italian, Japanese, Belgian and Spanish licensees. Nieuport merged with Astra balloon/airship company 1920 to become Nieuport-Astra, aircraft being restyled Nieuport-Delage, with NiD designations. NiD 42 (1924) led to many versions of NiD 62 fighter (858). From 1930 most were parasol monoplanes. Delage retired 1930, and next design was thus designated Ni 140, 2-seat shipboard fighter dive-bomber with low cranked wing (March 1935). In 1934 company merged with Ateliers et Chantiers de la Loire, resulting Groupement Aviation Loire-Nieuport producing LN 161 fighter prototypes and production LN 40 dive-bombers.