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]

Porte-avions de nouvelle génération (PANG)
Schematics of the flying deck arrangement
Class overview
Operators:  French Navy
Preceded by:
Planned: 1
History
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
  1. "Macron says France's next aircraft carrier will be nuclear-powered". New Atlas. 10 December 2020. Retrieved 22 December 2020.
  2. Axe, David. "Bigger Is Better—The French Navy Plans A Huge New Aircraft Carrier". Forbes. Retrieved 22 December 2020.
  3. "Next French aircraft carrier to be nuclear powered". www.naval-technology.com. Retrieved 22 December 2020.
  4. 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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