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Aircraft Carrier R 92 - FS France Libre Porte-avions de nouvelle génération (PANG) |
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| 03/26 |
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class: Aircraft Carrier; nuclear powered (CVN) / unique unit Builder: MO Porte-Avions (Naval Group + Chantiers de l’Atlantique) STATUS: Ordered: 2025 Named: March 18, 2026 Laid down: ? Launched: ? Commissioned: ? PRE CONSTRUCTION WORK Homeport: ? Namesake: France libre / free France) Technical Data: Displacement: 78,000 tons (full load) Lenght: 310 meters (1020 feet) Beam: 85 m (279 ft) Draft: ? Speed: 27 knots (50 km/h) Range: unlimited Complement: ~2,000 Propulsion: 2 x K22 pressurized water reactors (PWR) 220 MW (300,000 hp) each 2 x steam turbines 2 shafts / 2 propellers Armament: not known yet Aviation: full flight deck (17,000 m2) / angled landing area hangar deck Rafale M E-2 Hawkeye NH90 Caiman Future Combat Air System (FCAS) UAV's Systems: ? |
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The Porte-avions de nouvelle génération (PANG; "new generation
aircraft carrier") is the future aircraft carrier for the French
Navy. Construction of the PANG is expected to begin around 2031 and
it is projected to enter service in about 2038, the year the
aircraft carrier Charles de Gaulle (R91) is due to be retired. The
ship will be nuclear-powered and will feature the Electromagnetic
Aircraft Launch System (EMALS) and Advanced Arresting Gear (AAG). PANG would be built in Saint-Nazaire at Chantiers de l'Atlantique. Hull construction is expected to begin in about 2031. Sea trials are projected to begin in around 2035. It is projected to enter service in about 2038. |
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        naming ceremony - March 18, 2026 |
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France libre: ... (Free France) was a resistance government claiming to be the legitimate government of France following the dissolution of the Third Republic during World War II. Led by General Charles de Gaulle, Free France was established as a government-in-exile in London in June 1940 after the Fall of France to Nazi Germany. It joined the Allied nations in fighting Axis forces with the Free French Forces (Forces françaises libres), supported the resistance in Nazi-occupied France, known as the French Forces of the Interior, and gained strategic footholds in several French colonies in Africa.  France libre flag |
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