[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 54 (Thursday, March 20, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Page 13395]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-7110]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

Notice Pursuant to the National Cooperative Research and 
Production Act of 1993--Northrop Grumman Corporation--Novel Process 
Technology

    Notice is hereby given that, on January 28, 1997, 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 Northrop Grumman 
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 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 identities of the parties are: Northrop Grumman 
Corporation, Bethpage, NY; Reynolds Metals Company, Chester, VA; ERG 
Materials and Aerospace Corporation, Oakland, CA. The nature and 
objectives of the venture is that the parties will perform a 
cooperative agreement under which they will conduct joint research to 
develop and demonstrate a novel process technology that has the 
potential to significantly improve the performance and reduce the cost 
of structure components used in the Department of Defense (DoD) 
systems.
    Membership in this venture remains open, and the parties intend to 
file additional written notifications disclosing all changes in the 
membership.
Constance K. Robinson,
Director of Operations, Antitrust Division.
[FR Doc. 97-7110 Filed 3-19-97; 8:45 am]
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