The new hotness is the Constellation-class frigate which chose a mature design to keep costs down. That was until feature creep completely consumed it in record

The new hotness is the Constellation-class frigate which chose a mature design to keep costs down. That was until feature creep completely consumed it in record time: "At one point the Constellation design shared about 85 percent commonality with the original FREMM design, but the alterations have brought that commonality down to under 15 percent, a person familiar with the changes told USNI News." https://news.usni.org/2024/04/02/constellation-frigate-delivery-delayed-3-years-says-navy https://news.usni.org/2024/04/02/constellation-frigate-deliv...