The work was done at HRL, which Boeing owns a large part of (source: I worked at HRL).<p>Also, from my understanding, the most interesting thing about this material isn&#x27;t the weight but the manufacturing process. To build the lattice they used a specialized 3D printer which combines the beams from a few directions, cf <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;en.m.wikipedia.org&#x2F;wiki&#x2F;Metallic_microlattice" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;en.m.wikipedia.org&#x2F;wiki&#x2F;Metallic_microlattice</a>