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I feel like a dork posting so much from this guy... but it's more coincidental then actually him being one of my fave military history Youtubers... But Binkov did have a video on the purchase of the FREMM Frigates and went into some detail on what new capabilities the US may add to the FREMM...

Apparently only the one shipyard in Wisconsin is going to make them at the moment and it's expected they'll crank out two ships a year. Plus they aren't going to start building for a while yet, plus the ship has to undergo preliminary trials and the like even after it's launched.

https://www.defenseone.com/business/2020/04/navy-picks-wisconsins-fincantieri-marinette-marine-build-new-frigate/165054/ The US Navy has picked a variant of the FREMM Frigate (currently in service with the French and Italian Navies) to be built for the US Navy to fill a gap between its littoral...