Yeah, if they do it by batches there could be a couple months break after the current batch, but I could see them announcing the continuation intent with the last episode just like MHA did.
I wonder if Batou and the Major's red flag meters probably went into overdrive since the situation kind of seems to be in opposition to Section 9's setup, since it goes against their being outside of the usual government/military chains and BS.
Not sure, I guess from training they expected him to report a problem when they asked him about his heart rate since this was supposed to be training. So they didn't get to try to cut him off remotely until he abruptly died.