PARIS, Dec 8 (Reuters) – France’s next-generation aircraft carrier will be nuclear-powered and replace the national fleet’s flagship warship, the Charles de Gaulle, in 2038, President Emmanuel Macron said on Tuesday.
The 11th carrier-vessel in the French Navy’s will be equipped with the new electromagnetic aircraft launch system developed by U.S. company General Atomics, French officials said.
The carrier will be 300 meters (984 ft) long and have a deadweight of 75,000 tons. It will be able to carry up to 30 Rafale fighter jets or the successor of the Dassault warplane currently being developed by France, Germany and Spain.
France’s military had initially lent towards a ship with conventional propulsion, but together with Macron later opted for
Ottawa could buy two converted civilian vessels from a Quebec shipyard to serve as support ships for the Royal Canadian Navy for a fraction of the cost of building brand new ones, according to Parliament’s budget watchdog.
In a new report released Tuesday, parliamentary budget officer Yves Giroux estimates the price of buying the two converted container ships from Chantier Davie would be around $1.4 billion.
The federal government has been resisting those calls despite pressure from the shipyard, opposition parties and the Quebec government, and instead pressed ahead with work on the new joint support
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Defense policy bill directs Navy to build land-test facility
Fincantieri was awarded the frigate contract earlier this year
An artist’s rendering of Fincantieri’s frigate.
Source: Fincantieri
House and Senate defense lawmakers say the Navy’s new frigate program faces “significant risks” amid a surge in cost estimates for the next-generation vessel built by the American unit of Fincantieri SpA.
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In language in the National Defense Authorization Act being voted on this week, lawmakers cited the need for “cost realism” in the frigate program and the potential risks involved in shifting to
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El 'Juan Carlos I' en Navantia, donde se somete a una serie de obras en estos momentos. / ARMADA ESPAÑOLA
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