[Federal Register Volume 59, Number 57 (Thursday, March 24, 1994)]
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[FR Doc No: 94-6995]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
 

Notice Pursuant to the National Cooperative Research and 
Production Act of 1993; Multidisciplinary Analysis and Design 
Industrial Consortium

    Notice is hereby given that, on December 30, 1993, pursuant to 
section 6(a) of the National Cooperative Research and Production Act of 
1993, 15 U.S.C. 4301 et seq. (``the Act''), the Multidisciplinary 
Analysis and Design Industrial Consortium has filed written 
notifications simultaneously with the Attorney General and the Federal 
Trade Commission disclosing: (1) The identities of the parties and (2) 
the nature and objectives of the venture. The notifications were filed 
for the purpose of invoking the Act's provisions limiting the recovery 
of antitrust plaintiffs to actual damages under specified 
circumstances. Pursuant to section 6(b) of the Act, the identifies of 
the parties are General Motors Corporation, Detroit, MI; Allison Engine 
Company Indianapolis, IN; Ford Motor Company, Dearborn, MI; Lockheed 
Aeronautical Systems Company, Marietta, GA; Northrop Corp.--B2 
Division, Pico Rivera, CA; United Technologies Research Center, E. 
Hartford, CT; Boeing Defense and Space Group, Philadelphia, PA; General 
Electric Corporate Research & Development, Schenectady, NY; Grumman 
Aerospace & Electronics, Bethpage, NY; McDonnell-Douglas Aerospace, St. 
Louis, MO; Rockwell International-NAA, El Segundo, CA; and Vought 
Aircraft Corp., Dallas, TX.
    The parties intend to identify opportunities for joining aspects of 
their independent research and development efforts pertaining to 
implementation of integrated multidisciplinary design, analysis and 
optimization systems on heterogeneous computer networks. The objectives 
are to:
    (1) Define the generic systems architecture and software 
requirements for an integrated multidisciplinary design, analysis, and 
optimization system that could service a broad range of U.S. 
industries;
    (2) Identify what must be added to the generic technology base to 
implement an integrated multidisciplinary design, analysis and 
optimization system for specific product development efforts of 
interest to U.S. industries, and facilitate efforts to fill such gaps; 
and
    (3) Participate in national, industry and academic policy 
development to influence such policy development in directions that 
will be synergistic with such objectives.
Joseph H. Widmar,
Deputy Assistant Attorney General, Antitrust Division.
[FR Doc. 94-6995 Filed 3-23-94; 8:45 am]
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