The work was done at HRL, which Boeing owns a large part of (source: I worked at HRL). Also, from my understanding, the most interesting thing about this mater

The work was done at HRL, which Boeing owns a large part of (source: I worked at HRL). Also, from my understanding, the most interesting thing about this material isn'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 https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metallic_microlattice https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metallic_microlattice