[Federal Register Volume 67, Number 215 (Wednesday, November 6, 2002)]
[Notices]
[Pages 67649-67650]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 02-28138]


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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 September 27, 2002, 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 production status. 
The notification were filed for the purpose of extending the Act's 
provisions limiting the recovery of antitrust plaintiffs to actual 
damages under specified circumstances. Specifically, The University of 
Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI and Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY have been 
added as parties to this venture; and Kaman Aerospace Corporation, 
Bloomfield, CT has changed its membership status from Supporting Member 
to Principal Member. Additionally, RITA has entered into a Technology 
Investment Agreement with

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the U.S. Army Aviation and Applied Technology Directorate, on behalf of 
the U.S. Government, on February 23, 2002.
    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 of March 22, 
2001. A notice was published in the Federal Register pursuant to 
Section 6(b) of the Act on April 24, 2001 (66 FR 20686).

Constance K. Robinson,
Director of Operations, Antitrust Division.
[FR Doc. 02-28138 Filed 11-9-02; 8:45 am]
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