[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 79 (Tuesday, April 24, 2001)]
[Notices]
[Page 20687]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-10028]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

Antitrust Division


Notice Pursuant to the National Cooperative Research and 
Production Act of 1993--Rotorcraft Industry Technology Association, 
Inc. (``RITA'')

    Notice is hereby given that, on March 22, 2001, pursuant to section 
6(a) of the National Cooperative Research and Production Act of 1993, 
15 U.S.C. 4301 et seq. (``the Act''), Rotorcraft Industry Technology 
Association, Inc. (``RITA'') has filed written notifications 
simultaneously with the Attorney General and the Federal Trade 
Commission disclosing changes in its membership and product status. The 
notifications were filed for the purposes of extending the Act's 
provisions limiting the recovery of antitrust plaintiffs to actual 
damages under specified circumstances. Specifically, Kaman Aerospace 
Corporation, Bloomfield, CT has been added as a Supporting Member of 
this venture; and The Mississippi State University Research and 
Technology Corporation, Mississippi State, MS has been added as an 
Associate Member. Also, RITA's joint research and development projects 
undertaken in cooperation with NASA, DoD/Army/Navy, and the FAA, are 
subject to a new Funded Cooperative Agreement, effective January 1, 
2001. In addition, RITA's Intellectual Property Rights Provisions have 
been amended, effective February 1, 2001.
    No other changes have been made in either the membership or planned 
activity of the group research project. Membership in this group 
research project remains open, and RITA intends to file additional 
written notification disclosing all changes in membership.
    On September 28, 1995, RITA filed its original notification 
pursuant to section 6(a) of the Act. The Department of Justice 
published a notice in the Federal Register pursuant to section 6(b) of 
the Act on April 3, 1996 (61 FR 14817).
    The last notification was filed with the Department on August 8, 
2000. A notice was published in the Federal Register pursuant to 
section 6(b) of the Act on September 26, 2000 (65 FR 57843).

Constance K. Robinson,
Director of Operations, Antitrust Division.
[FR Doc. 01-10028 Filed 4-23-01; 8:45 am]
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