CVN-04 programme
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.png) An artist's concept of the CVN-04 class.
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| Class overview | |
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| Operators: |
 Grand Chilokveri Navy |
| Preceded by: | Vengeance class |
| General characteristics | |
| Type: | Aircraft carrier |
| Displacement: | 100,000 tonnes |
| Installed power: | 2 x pressurised water reactors |
| Propulsion: | 4 x shafts driving fixed pitch propellers |
| Speed: | 30+ knots (56 km/h) |
| Range: | Unlimited |
| Aircraft carried: | Up to 100 fixed and rotary wing aircraft |
| Aviation facilities: |
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The Grand Chilokveri Navy's CVN-04 programme is a planned class of next generation supercarriers for the Grand Chilokveri Navy (GCN). The CVN-04 design will represent a significant departure from the current Vengeance-class aircraft carriers, and are expected to be both larger and more capable than their predecessors. While the Vengeance class uses a hybrid STOBAR (short take-off but arrested recovery) and CATOBAR (catapult-assisted take-off but arrested recovery) design with both a ski-jump and catapults, the CVN-04 class will be a fully conventional flat top CATOBAR design. The CVN-04 class will feature new technologies such as electromagnetic catapults & arresting gear, a new nuclear reactor design, and extensive use of automation. In future, the class' power generation capacity would allow them to carry lasers, railguns, and other such advanced equipment if or when they are developed.
At an expected displacement of over 110,000 tonnes and an air wing of up to 100 aircraft, the class will be among the largest & most powerful carriers in the world when constructed and the largest ever operated by the GCN.