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

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, Chinook, CH-53 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