Pinayev, I. Altinbas, Z. Anderson, R. Belomestnykh, S.A. Boulware, C.H. Brown, K.A. Brutus, J.C.B. Curcio, A.J. Di Lieto, A. Folz, C. Gassner, D.M. Grimm, T.L. Hayes, T. Hulsart, R.L. Inacker, P. Jamilkowski, J.P. Jing, Y.C. Kayran, D. Kellermann, R. Lambiase, R.F. Litvinenko, V. Ma, J. Mahler, G.J. Mapes, M. Marusic, A. Meng, W. Mernick, K. Michnoff, R.J. Mihara, K. Miller, T.A. Minty, M.G. Narayan, G. Orfin, P. Petrushina, I. Phillips, D. Rao, T. Ravikumar, D. Reich, J. Robert-Demolaize, G. Roser, T. Seberg, S.K. Severino, F. Sheehy, B. Shih, K. Skaritka, J. Smart, L. Smith, K.S. Snydstrup, L. Soria, V. Than, R. Theisen, C. Tuozzolo, J.E. Walsh, J. Wang, E. Wang, G. Weiss, D. Xiao, B. P. Xin, T. Xu, W. Zaltsman, A. Zhao, Z. JACoW Geneva, Switzerland 978-3-95450-198-4 10.18429/JACoW-COOL2017-WEM22 English 77-80 WEM22 ion electron SRF gun FEL Contribution to a conference proceedings 2018 2018-01 https://doi.org/10.18429/JACoW-COOL2017-WEM22 http://jacow.org/cool2017/papers/wem22.pdf The coherent electron cooling proof-of-principle experiment is aimed to demonstrate new technique suitable for cooling of the high energy protons and is essential for a future electron-hadron collider. In this paper we present the current status of the equipment, achieved beam parameters, and progress of the experiment. Future plans are also discussed.