After receiving answers to your request for information, did you meet with partners to ask more questions and get more details? Did these partners meet with specialists from the department to ask more questions, go into greater detail and gain a better understanding of the project as a whole? I imagine that building an aircraft isn't done on a letter-sized sheet of paper, front and back. Have there been any meetings with the most interesting potential candidates?
On October 17th, 2023. See this statement in context.