OP doesn't say it was part of the official 2007 budget, being a black program and all, and given how complicated US government & military budgeting is, I don't

OP doesn't say it was part of the official 2007 budget, being a black program and all, and given how complicated US government & military budgeting is, I don't know what any dates involved really mean anyway. OP merely says it was started in 2007.