French new future generation aircraft carrier "PANG" - French Navy "Marine Nationale"

 

• Nuclear powered (CVN) with two K22 reactors (2 x 220 MW thermal)
• Full load displacement around 70,000 – 75,000 t
• Length between 285 and 300 meters
• Flight deck: 16,000 m²
• Aircraft hangar: 5,000 m²
• Propulsive power would be around 80 MW delivered to three or four shaft lines
• Maximum speed: 27 knots
• Total power around 110 MW, for 32 Next Generation Fighters, F-35C Lightning II, 2 to 3 Grumman E-2D Advanced Hawkeyes, helicopters Airbus NH90 "standard NATO helicopter", but also Bell Boeing V-22 Osprey and a yet to be determined number of remote carriers/UCAVs
• Two side elevators with 40 t lifting capacity
• Three 90-meter electromagnetic catapults "EMALS" by General Atomics
• Crew: 900 and 1080 sailors plus air element of 550 to 620 sailors, also space for around 200 marines
• Thales SeaFire radar
• PAAMS with MBDA ASTER surface to air missiles for self defense
• Landing spot for take off and vertical landing (STOVL) fighters like F-35B

The island is like the US Navy new aircraft carrier and not as expected like the HMS Queen Elizabet class. The three catapults are a milestone in the French Marine Nationale aircraft carriers, and will bring a lot of fighters on air, but also starting and landing at the same time, is a big challenge for the French Navy.

For Flaps Aviation - Aviación,

Gerardo Señoráns Barcala

Accredited Defense Expert and Advisor

Pictures by Ministres des Armes, France, 2020