FCAS = NGF+UCAVThe report explains that just as the Charles de Gaulle aircraft carrier is today dedicated to the implementation of the Rafale M, the future aircraft carrier will aim to implement the next generation combat aircraft. For the record, the Queen Elizabeth-class aircraft carrier operate with a crew of 679 [both figures not including air element]). PANG: A 70.000/75.000 tons CVN with three EMALSArtist impression of a future aircraft carrier featuring three EMALS, two islands and phased array radar. But what will the future French aircraft carrier look like ? A Rafale aircraft, attached to the French aircraft carrier Charles de Gaulle, prepares to launch from the flight deck of the aircraft carrier USS Harry S. Truman (CVN-75) during carrier qualification integration in 2014.