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France Starts Study For Next Aircraft Carrier

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France Starts Study For Next Aircraft Carrier
The French aircraft carrier Charles de Gaulle (R91) transits the Mediterranean Sea with the USS Dwight D. Eisenhower (CVN-69) (not pictured) in December 2016. (Photo: U.S. Navy)

France’s defense minister said Tuesday the government is starting an 18-month period to study a successor to its Charles de Gaulle aircraft carrier.Florence Parly, French Minister of the Armed Forces, announced this process for deciding on a new follow-on carrier in an opening keynote to the Euronaval 2018 conference.“The first step, which starts today, is the study phase to determine what and how we want our future aircraft carrier to be. We have given ourselves 18 months,” she said.Parly highlighted…

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