 In January 2009 the Naval Air Warfare Center pre-solicited another contract for "modification and testing of plasma wiffleball 7" that appeared to be funding to install the instrumentation developed in a prior contract, install a new design for the connector (joint) between coils, and operate the modified device.The modified unit was called WB-7.1.This pre-solicitation started as a $200k contract but the final award was for $300k.