PANG
The Porte-avions de nouvelle génération (PANG), French for 'new generation aircraft carrier', is a planned aircraft carrier and flagship of the French Navy.[1][2] Construction of the PANG is expected to begin around 2025 and will enter service in 2038; the year the aircraft carrier Charles de Gaulle is due to be retired.[3] The ship will be nuclear-powered and feature the EMALS catapult system.[4]
 Schematics of the flying deck arrangement | |
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| Operators: |
 French Navy |
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| Planned: | 1 |
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| Status: | Preliminary studies |
| General characteristics | |
| Type: | Aircraft carrier |
| Displacement: | 75,000 tonnes (full load) |
| Length: | 300 m (984 ft 3 in) overall |
| Beam: | 40 m (131 ft 3 in) waterline |
| Propulsion: | 2 × K22 pressurised water reactors (PWR), 220 MW (300,000 hp) each |
| Speed: | 27 knots (50 km/h; 31 mph) |
| Range: | Unlimited distance; 20–25 years |
| Complement: | ~2,000 |
| Aircraft carried: | |
References
- "Macron says France's next aircraft carrier will be nuclear-powered". New Atlas. 10 December 2020. Retrieved 22 December 2020.
- Axe, David. "Bigger Is Better—The French Navy Plans A Huge New Aircraft Carrier". Forbes. Retrieved 22 December 2020.
- "Next French aircraft carrier to be nuclear powered". www.naval-technology.com. Retrieved 22 December 2020.
- Mackenzie, Christina (8 December 2020). "Macron kicks off French race to build a new nuclear-powered aircraft carrier". Defense News. Retrieved 22 December 2020.
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