Atlantic-class Aircraft Carrier

The Atlantic-class Aircraft Carrier is a proposed class of aircraft carrier for the Canadian Forces Maritime Command to complement the larger Victorious-class supercarriers in the 2020s. It is also being proposed to nations such as Spain and Thailand as a replacement for their aging ASW carriers.

Specifications

 * Type: Aircraft Carrier
 * Service Period: None, proposed
 * Characteristics:
 * Length: 878 feet (267.61 meters)
 * Beam: 106 feet 8 inches (32.51 meters)
 * Draft: 27 feet (8.23 meters)
 * Displacement: 25,850 tons
 * Crew: 1,450 (758 ship's crew, 665 air crew, 27 SAR detachment)
 * Propulsion:
 * 4 x General Electric LM2500+ gas turbines
 * RIM MilSys 420 integrated ship power and propulsion system
 * 2 x General Motors Model 265 turbodiesel cruise engines
 * 2 x Vektris Engineering cross-connect gearboxes
 * 2 x Escher Wyss controllable pitch propellers
 * 4 x General Motors/Western Electric 2.3 MW electric generators
 * 2 x shafts, 140,000 shp
 * Range: 9,500 nautical miles (17,594 kilometers) at 16 knots (29.63 km/h)
 * Speed: 32.5 knots (60.19 km/h)
 * Sensor Suite:
 * System 015 Air Tracking Radar with IFF
 * System 021 Long-range Air Search Radar
 * System 025A Medium-range Air Search radar
 * System 034SCR Long-range Surface Search Radar
 * System 050C Integrated Information Transfer System
 * Mk.91 NSSM Guidance Systems x 3
 * Mk.95 Radars x 3
 * Countermeasures:
 * AN/SLY-2 Electronic Warfare Suite
 * AN/SLQ-25C Nixie torpedo countermeasures suite
 * Airborne Systems IDS300 floating naval decoy system
 * Armament:
 * 2 x Mk.29 missile launchers (fires RIM-162 ESSM)
 * 4 x Phalanx Block II 20mm CIWS
 * 2 x Mauser MLG-27 27mm autocannons
 * Aircraft Carried: 36 fixed wing aircraft and helicopters
 * Aircraft Supported: AV-8B Harrier II, F-35B Lightning II, CH-147 Chinook, CH-148 Cyclone, CH-149 Cormorant, CH-53E Super Stallion, CH-53K King Stallion, CH-151 Vulcan, CMV-22B Osprey, CA-200M Sea Scorpion