MUGEM-class aircraft carrier

MUGEM-class aircraft carrier 0

Basic information

Country of build:
Planned:
1

Ship measurements

Displacement:
60,000 t
Length:
285 m
Beam:
72 m
Draft:
10.1 m

Machine

Propulsion system:
Propulsion:
  • 4 * LM2500 gas turbines
Speed:
25 knots
Range:
10,000 nautical miles (19,000 km; 12,000 mi)

Personnel

Complement:
800

Combat assets

Armament:
  • 32 cell MİDLAS VLS
  • 4 * GOKDENIZ CIWS
  • 6 * STOP RWS
Aircraft:
  • Aircraft carried Up to 50:
  • Bayraktar TB3
  • Bayraktar Kızılelma
  • TAI Anka-3
  • TAI Hürjet
  • TAI TF Kaan

The MUGEM-class aircraft carrier is an initiative by the Turkish Navy to build a fully indigenous carrier. MUGEM stands for Milli Uçak Gemisi, meaning National Aircraft Carrier. The construction of the first MUGEM-class aircraft carrier started on January 2, 2025.

Plans for a future Turkish aircraft carrier were first announced in October 2023 by the president of Turkey, Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, as a cooperation between Spain and Turkey.

On 25 April 2024 new details were released when press was welcomed at the Istanbul Naval Shipyard. Contrary to earlier news, it was revealed that the future aircraft carrier was not a development on the TCG Anadolu, but a completely new designed ship.

A model of the ship was first shown at the 2024 SAHA EXPO, with further details being released, like propulsion, dimensions, design elements.

MUGEM is being designed in a STOBAR configuration with a modular ski-jump at the bow. The Turkish defence industry is also underway at developing an indigenous catapult system. With the ski-jump being modular by design, this can be removed and the ship could be reconfigured as a CATOBAR carrier.

The ship is planned to carry a mixture of different type of aircraft, both manned and unmanned.

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