FREMM-IT will replace the Maestrale and Lupo-class frigates in service with the Italian Navy.

On 15 April 2015, the Italian Parliament confirmed the deal between OCCAR and Orizzonte Sistemi Navali Spa (Fincantieri and Finmeccanica, since 2017 Leonardo) to begin building units 9 and 10, for 764 million Euros.

Spartaco Schergat was in the final stage of her sea trials while Emilio Bianchi would follow within one year.

[4] On 13 December 2014, the launching ceremony of the ship took place at the Fincantieri plants in La Spezia, in the presence of the Nicola Latorre, president of the Senate Defense Commission, of the Chief of Defense, Admiral Luigi Binelli Mantelli, of the Chief of Staff of the Navy Military, Squad Admiral Giuseppe De Giorgi, the Chief of Staff of the Army, Corps General Claudio Graziano, and various representatives of the ANMI.

During the Harbour Phase from 1 to 4 October, the exercise saw Subject Matter Expert exchanges and other key interactions as well as a Pre-Sail Planning Conference.