France’s New Aircraft Carrier Will Be Nuclear Powered

[The Ronin]

https://www.facebook.com/navalgroup/posts/10160448654028496

French President Emmanuel Macron today 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 Macron visit to French company Framatome, an international leader in nuclear energy which designs and supplies nuclear steam systems and services.

The Charles de Gaulle, as you know, will come to the end of its life in 2038. This is why I have decided that the future aircraft carrier that will equip our country and our navy will be nuclear-powered like the Charles de Gaulle. Your plant in Le Creusot, which has been producing parts essential to our navy for a long time, will produce, among others, several major parts of the nuclear boiler of the future aircraft carrier by forging and machining them right here […] By these choices we confirm France’s desire to preserve its strategic autonomy.

Emmanuel Macron

Back in October this year, Framatome announced the launch of Framatome Defense to promote the company’s defense activities and affirms its commitment and strengthens its contribution to this strategic sector. Framatome has supported the French defense sector for decades with a focus on components of the French Navy, notably for submarine programs and the Charles de Gaulle aircraft carrier. The company also contributes innovation for major, ongoing programs such as Barracuda SSN and SNLE3G SSBN.

About France’s future aircraft carrier PANG

As we reported previously, the PANG (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 40 meters with a displacement of 75,000 tons.

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.

The initial artist impressions released by Naval Group confirm some of the technical details which we have been reporting since July:

• Nuclear powered (CVN) with two K22 reactors (2 x 220 MW thermal)
• Length between 285 and 295 meters
• Full load displacement around 70,000 – 75,000 tonnes
• Maximum speed: 26 to 27 knots (similar to Charles de Gaulle)
• Propulsive power would be around 80 MW delivered to three or four shaft lines
• Total power around 110 MW, including the electrical plant
• Future air wing: 32 Next Generation Fighters with 2 to 3 E-2D Advanced Hawkeyes and a yet to be determined number of remote carriers/UCAVs
• Two side elevators with 40 tonnes lifting capacity
• Three 90-meter electromagnetic catapults (EMALS) by General Atomics
• Flight deck: 16,000 m²
• Aircraft hangar: 5,000 m²
• Crew: 900 and 1080 sailors (not including the air element of 550 to 620 sailors) with higher comfort compared to Charles de Gaulle.
• Thales SeaFire radar
• PAAMS with MBDA ASTER surface to air missiles for self defense

The artist impression seems to show the presence of the new RapidFire CIWS as well.

France's New Aircraft Carrier Will be Nuclear Powered - Naval News

French President Emmanuel Macron today 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.

www.navalnews.com

 

[Michael Corleone]

I don’t get it. What do they hope to do with one nuclear carrier. Seems like a prestige project to me

 

[Trango Towers]

They can only fight defenceless nations and even that with the help of all of Europe and America

 

[Bilal9]

They can only fight defenceless nations and even that with the help of all of Europe and America

That is the idea. As part of NATO, they are just a force augmenter/multiplier for the 'coalition of the willing', as Bush mentioned.

 

[khansaheeb]

World should ban nuke powered aircraft carriers, ships and subs since if they are sunk they will cause huge environmental disaster.

 

[White and Green with M/S]

World should ban nuke powered aircraft carriers, ships and subs since if they are sunk they will cause huge environmental disaster.

And nuclear subs also, remember the Russian nuclear sub accident, Karsuk accident and few in the past

 

[colonel rajesh]

https://www.facebook.com/navalgroup/posts/10160448654028496

French President Emmanuel Macron today 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 Macron visit to French company Framatome, an international leader in nuclear energy which designs and supplies nuclear steam systems and services.

Back in October this year, Framatome announced the launch of Framatome Defense to promote the company’s defense activities and affirms its commitment and strengthens its contribution to this strategic sector. Framatome has supported the French defense sector for decades with a focus on components of the French Navy, notably for submarine programs and the Charles de Gaulle aircraft carrier. The company also contributes innovation for major, ongoing programs such as Barracuda SSN and SNLE3G SSBN.

About France’s future aircraft carrier PANG

As we reported previously, the PANG (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 40 meters with a displacement of 75,000 tons.

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.

The initial artist impressions released by Naval Group confirm some of the technical details which we have been reporting since July:

• Nuclear powered (CVN) with two K22 reactors (2 x 220 MW thermal)
• Length between 285 and 295 meters
• Full load displacement around 70,000 – 75,000 tonnes
• Maximum speed: 26 to 27 knots (similar to Charles de Gaulle)
• Propulsive power would be around 80 MW delivered to three or four shaft lines
• Total power around 110 MW, including the electrical plant
• Future air wing: 32 Next Generation Fighters with 2 to 3 E-2D Advanced Hawkeyes and a yet to be determined number of remote carriers/UCAVs
• Two side elevators with 40 tonnes lifting capacity
• Three 90-meter electromagnetic catapults (EMALS) by General Atomics
• Flight deck: 16,000 m²
• Aircraft hangar: 5,000 m²
• Crew: 900 and 1080 sailors (not including the air element of 550 to 620 sailors) with higher comfort compared to Charles de Gaulle.
• Thales SeaFire radar
• PAAMS with MBDA ASTER surface to air missiles for self defense

The artist impression seems to show the presence of the new RapidFire CIWS as well.

France's New Aircraft Carrier Will be Nuclear Powered - Naval News

French President Emmanuel Macron today 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.

www.navalnews.com

great work .

 

[Yongpeng Sun-Tastaufen]

France is a major super power. They got territory all over the world. In Europe, South America, Africa, Pacific. 1 carrier is kinda few for France.

 

[Hamartia Antidote]

France is a major super power. They got territory all over the world. In Europe, South America, Africa, Pacific. 1 carrier is kinda few for France.

Yes, most people are clueless as to how much territory they control around the world. You could spend a lifetime just trying to visit every island.

Look at this page in this thread (and the page before and after!)

Nations with far off tropical island overseas territories and possessions

France continued... Clipperton Island - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

defence.pk

 

[The Maverick]

World should ban nuke powered aircraft carriers, ships and subs since if they are sunk they will cause huge environmental disaster.

how,many carriers have been sunk since 1945 ... yes nil

carriers are Force multiplier and provide a dimension and flexibility in operations that give the carrier edge of non carrier fleets.

75000 tonnes means 45 to 50 Rafale

alongside barracuda class nuke subs

3 French stealth frigates

that's enough to decimate 90%of the world's navies

 

[52051]

Last year I travelled to Bora-Bora island (there are two hotels there on the island) and the sight is amazing, the fishes and sea are all very beautiful.

And there is a very outgoing professor from United State, who spending months there on some research project, according to him, the locals hate French very much, but the French offer them jobs (mainly tourism) so they are not turn the hate into something violent.

And according to the French tourists, the French has even more trouble to get here than me, French do own some very impressive land.

 

[Black.Mamba]

how,many carriers have been sunk since 1945 ... yes nil

How many wars have been fought since then where both sides had a carrier or significant military might?

 

[The Maverick]

How many wars have been fought since then where both sides had a carrier or significant military might?

France is not fighting usa and it's naval technology is decade ahead of China

so who is sinking French carrier shielded by barracuda nuke subs

 

[IblinI]

France is not fighting usa and it's naval technology is decade ahead of China

so who is sinking French carrier shielded by barracuda nuke subs

you are one of the biggest french licker on pdf.

PS: lol at "decade ahead", an EMALS,AAS aircraft carrier is being build as we speak, so does a few dozen AESA destroyers.

 

[Black.Mamba]

France is not fighting usa and it's naval technology is decade ahead of China

so who is sinking French carrier shielded by barracuda nuke subs

Lol, your first argument was based on the fact that since no carriers have been sunk so it is out of the equation. (quite weak of an argument)
Now your assumption is that China's naval technology is far behind, even if I consider your argument but who said china or any other country can only use naval assets?

Just a food for thought:
"Flying a few feet above the Arabian Sea, the two Mirage pilots are impressed by the awesome silhouette of the nuclear-powered Abraham Lincoln as the carrier looms gradually above the sea curvature, dead on the nose. The mission: To penetrate successfully the Carrier Task Force's early warning and perimeter defences and, to deliver a simulated Exocet guided missile attack on "the world's largest warship". The memorable sortie was flown during "Inspired Alert" - a Pakistan-US joint exercise. O.C. No. 8 Squadron, strictly following the ground rules, planned and led a simultaneous multi-directional attack profile against CVN-72, in an attempt to overload its defence. As two of the three Mirage pairs turned away, the lead Mirage carried out a simulated Exocet "launch" from several miles away, without meeting any of the ship's fighters. The Squadron Commander and his wingman later did a friendly fly by at the carrier's side, perhaps just as surprised as the Lincoln's crews, at the missed interception."