Due to extenuating circumstances Special Metals Corporation is terminating their role as prime contractor with this Vision 21 project. In response to this situation, a status report for the project as of this date, has been prepared and follows. Significant work has been accomplished on three major tasks of this project--increasing the circumferential strength of MA956 tubing, joining of the MA956 alloy, and determination of the high temperature corrosion limits of the MA956 alloy. With respect to increasing the circumferential strength of a MA956 tube, the first rod extrusion campaign has been completed with microstructure analysis providing valuable information on the strengthening mechanism of this alloy. Also, based on the results obtained thus far extrusions of tubes are in process and creep testing to determine the ''stress threshold'' curves for this alloy continues. Regarding joining of the MA956 alloy, welds have been produced using the friction, explosive, magnetic impulse, and diffusion bonding techniques. Complete elevated temperature mechanical testing has not been conducted on joints produced using these methods, however room temperature tensile and shear testing has shown promising results on friction and explosive welds. And finally, laboratory high temperature corrosion testing of the material continues in both fluid-side and fire-side …