16 ARH, two of three aircrew training simulators, five of six ground training devices, the software support facility and the ground mission management system have been accepted by the Commonwealth. Two ARH are being used for type acceptance activities, five for aircrew training, three for training operations at the 1st Aviation Regiment in Darwin and the remaining six aircraft are being upgraded to the next aircraft configuration. 26 military aircrew including nine instructors have been trained and a further seven aircrew are currently undergoing training and will qualify this year. The fleet has now flown in excess of 4300 hours, mainly in support of training and aircraft certification activities.
The Commonwealth and Australian Aerospace agreed changes to the Acquisition and Through Life Support Contracts to implement the provisions of a Deed of Agreement in February 2009 and December 2008 respectively. The re-baselined schedule included a September 2009 IOC, 27 months later than originally contracted. All 22 ARH are now planned to be delivered by September 2010 with final supplies acceptance in June 2011.