[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 233 (Tuesday, December 5, 1995)]
[Notices]
[Page 62262]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-29497]



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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

Notice Pursuant to the National Cooperative Research and 
Production Act of 1993--Affordable High Performance Computing 
Cooperative Arrangement

    Notice is hereby given that, on June 29, 1995, 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 Pratt & Whitney Division of 
United Technologies Corporation 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 a cooperative arrangement known as the 
``Coordinated Research Agreement for Development of Affordable High-
Performance Computing'' (the ``AHPC''). 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 identities of 
the parties are: United Technologies Corporation, Hartford, CT; The 
Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA; CFD Research 
Company, Huntsville, AL; Platform Computing Company, Newbury, MA; The 
Research Foundation of the State University of New York, Amherst, NY; 
and The MacNeal-Schwendler Corporation, Los Angeles, CA.
    The purpose of the AHPC is to pursue a coordinated research and 
development effort leading to development of affordable distributed 
computing software for use in design of advanced aircraft engine 
components, while providing technology for commercial and military 
uses.
Constance K. Robinson,
Director of Operations, Antitrust Division.
[FR Doc. 95-29497 Filed 12-4-95; 8:45 am]
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