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...Hotline Continued From Page 8 cifically solid boost technology. This contract provides a vehicle the Air Force can use to establish task orders, which can be used to advance solid rocket motor technologies, and addresses technical needs for next-generation strategic, tactical and spacecraft propulsion systems. Work will be performed in Rancho Cordova, California, and is expected to be complete by Jan. 18, 2023. Ship Repair Work in Washington General Dynamics National Steel and Ship- building Co.-Bremerton, Bremerton, Washing- ton, is being awarded a modification to a previously awarded contract to exercise an option for repair and alteration requirements for USS Nimitz (CVN 68) fiscal 2018 dry dock- ing planned incremental availability. This modification is awarded under contract line item number 0018 of the existing five-year contract for non-nuclear maintenance, repair and alterations of CVN 68- and CVN 78-class ships. Work will be performed in Bremerton, Washington, and is expected to be completed by May 2019. Ship Repair Work in San Diego BAE Systems San Diego Ship Repair, San Di- ego, California, is being awarded a contract for a special selected restricted availability (SSRA) on USS Cape St. George (CG 71) home ported in San Diego, California. This deliv- ery order for a SSRA will execute depot-level maintenance, alterations, and modifications that will update and improve the ship’s mili- tary and technical capabilities. Work will be performed in San Diego, California, and is expected to be completed by January 2019. Boeing HorizonX Invests in Advanced Battery Technology Startup Cuberg Boeing announced its investment in Berke- ley, Calif.-based Cuberg, Inc., a startup founded by former Stanford University re- searchers developing next-generation bat- tery technology for potential aerospace and industrial applications. Cuberg developed an advanced battery cell that is designed to be a drop-in solution to existing large-scale battery manufacturing Continued on page 90.... Chinese Tesla Rival Nio Unveils First Production Car, Grows Workforce in San Jose Chinese car company Nio has announced its first production car, the ES8, taking direct aim at Tesla’s luxury all-electric sports utility vehicle, the Model X. Nio’s new car was introduced in early January by chairman and founder William Li. Nio claims its seven-seater SUV has more features than its Tesla rival — and at a fraction of the cost. Laser Metal Deposition Technology Enables NASA Rocket Nozzle Demonstrator Development Formalloy, LLC of Spring Valley, CA. has delivered the latest nozzle demonstra- tor to NASA-Marshall, as part of a series of R&D projects to assist the space agency’s additive development efforts. NASA completed tensile and quality testing on Formalloy- printed samples built on the company’s A-222 machine model. With virtually no material porosity and sufficient tensile strength, NASA is continuing R&D feasibility studies with Formalloy. Additive manufacturing (AM) is being used to reduce weight, build time and material cost when producing high value parts such as rocket engine components. Formalloy’s AM machines, which utilize laser metal deposi- tion technology, can scale from build volumes in millimeters to meters. “NASA is leveraging Formalloy’s laser metal deposition technology for development and feasibility studies to investigate scal- ability of AM for large, high value compo- nents. Laser metal deposition technology is being explored as an alternative to powder bed technology for key components such as rocket nozzles,” said Paul Gradl, NASA se- nior propulsion engineer. Aerojet Rancho Cordova, CA Gets Contract Aerojet Rocketdyne Inc., Rancho Cordova, California, has been awarded a basic indef- inite-delivery/indefinite-quantity, hybrid cost-plus-fixed-fee and firm-fixed-price con- tract for advanced rocket technology, spe-