Gloster continued development work on the Meteor and the production-stop order was overturned in favour of the construction of six (later increased to eight) F9/40 prototypes alongside three E.1/44 prototypes.
Gloster fortsatte udviklingsarbejdet på Meteor, og produktionsstoppet blev afblæst til fordel for at fremstille seks (senere otte) F9/40 prototyper parallelt med tre E.1/44 prototyper.