Well I guess that's an acknowledgement that it was official and not some hack journalist glossy magazine claim.
The info is there to read on the trans acell and whether it's considered operationally significant and the action that will be taken if it was decided that it is.
I'm unaware of the context of "declared that the fighter meets requirements"
It is exceeeding a lot 2001 expections and not meeting some initial ones.
They have decreased the 4:1 LER, it is now 6:1 on 4 blue vs 8 red and better than 6:1 when both red and blue are on piloted sims, as per the reports to aussie gov.