So 55-60,000 tons. A full-scale carrier is coming. This also indicate that the MMU will be part of the project.
Queen Elizabeth-class STOVL carrier 65,000 tons
S. Korea's CVX project, I think, is currently progressing on a ship design of 45,000 tons. Both countries will be focusing on STOVL; and later maybe SRVL aviation (when the F-35B related tests are completed).
The Italian Cavour is also in this class, although it is a lighter ship.
We don't have access to the F-35B. It doesn't look like we will, we are moving towards our own naval fixed wing solutions. So there is a very small chance that the carrier designed will be a STOVL. We need to look at other groups.
On the angled landing deck side, the STOBAR type is not very common in western naval aviation and has been largely abandoned. India, China, are the biggest users, and plus Russia if Kuznetzov can maintain accident free operation for 2 years in a row.
I think the reason why we are moving to such a big platform is that CATOBAR aviation is the target.
The other issue is the ship propulsion system. China and India are the two countries that have both CATOBAR and non-nuclear conventional/IEP propulsion aircraft carrier projects.
I think we will be the third country in this regard. The ship will most likely not be nuclear, but in terms of sortie capacity and impact, it could be a ship of around 300 meters that can be a match for the French PA-NG project.
I think it is also worth discussing whether the British are planning to balance the Russians on the surface but also the French with the Turks in the background.