Since JEFX is a bi-annual event, the planning for the 2008 installment is already under way, according to Lt. Col. J.J. King, the deputy director of the Air Force Experimentation Office—the steward of the experiment. King told reporters at the Pentagon Wednesday that the next experimentation cycle will key on building “collaborative connectivity” among forces, with special attention focused on space and global strike missions.
The Air Force on March 12 awarded contract modifications worth a combined $2.4 billion to Boeing to procure an undisclosed number of E-7 Wedgetail as part of the program's engineering and manufacturing development phase and continue work on the airborne battle management aircraft’s radar.