French President Emmanuel Macron officially green lighted the construction of a new nuclear-powered aircraft carrier as part of the PANG program. The future flag ship of the Marine Nationale is intended to replace the existing "Charles de Gaulle" around 2038.
=====================
French President Emmanuel Macron this week officially green lighted the construction of a new nuclear-powered aircraft carrier as part of the PANG program. The future flag ship of the Marine Nationale is intended to replace the existing "Charles de Gaulle" around 2038.
The announcement was made during the president's visit to French company Framatome, an international leader in nuclear energy which designs and supplies nuclear steam systems and services.
The PANG (for Porte Avion Nouvelle Generation or new generation aircraft carrier) will be much longer and much heavier than the existing Charles de Gaulle:
It will have a length of 300 meters, a width of 80 meters with a displacement of 75,000 tons. This also means that it will be slighlty larger than the UK's Queen Elizabeth class carriers.
Its airwing will consist in the Rafale Marine, the E-2D Advanced Hawkeye and a navalized version of the FCAS next generation fighter.
First steel cut is set for 2025, while sea trials are set to begin in 2036 and commissioning with the French Navy in 2038, which matches with the expected decommissioning of the Charles de Gaulle.
Read more: https://www.navalnews.com/naval-news/2020/12/frances-new-aircraft-carrier-will-be-nuclear-powered/
=====================
For new videos every week, subscribe here! http://www.youtube.com/c/NavalNews?sub_confirmation=1
Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/navalnewscom
Follow us on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/navalnews
Like us on Facebook: http://fb.me/navalnewscom
Check out our daily naval defense news coverage at: https://www.navalnews.com/
NAVAL NEWS is fully focused on naval topics. We cover the latest naval defense shows & events. We also report on naval technology from all over the world. Navalnews.com is updated daily with in-depth features, industry, and naval forces news round-ups, event coverage, video reports and more. Our top of the line site is responsive across all mobile and desktop devices.
