[1] The frigate has a full load displacement of 3,700 tonnes (3,600 long tons) and is powered by combined diesel and gas waterjet and refined propeller (CODAG WARP) propulsion system, consisted of two 5,920 kilowatts (7,940 hp) MTU 16V 1163 TB93 diesel engines connected to two shafts with controllable pitch propellers, and one 20,000 kilowatts (27,000 hp) General Electric LM2500 gas turbine to power the waterjet.

[2] The ship is armed with one Otobreda 127 mm/64 gun and four 20 mm Oerlikon Searanger 20 remote weapon systems.

[4] Al-Aziz has a flight deck and hangar capable to accommodate two helicopters and a vertically-launched drone,[4] and two boats.

[2] The Egyptian government signed a US$2.7 billion contract with ThyssenKrupp Marine Systems (TKMS) in November 2018 for four MEKO A-200EN frigates and training program for its crews.

[7] The frigate was launched in late April 2021 at Stahlbau Nord GmbH shipyard in Bremerhaven[9][10] and was fitted out at TKMS facility in Kiel.