[Federal Register Volume 69, Number 104 (Friday, May 28, 2004)]
[Notices]
[Page 30722]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 04-12059]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

Antitrust Division


Notice Pursuant to the National Cooperative Research and 
Production Act of 1993--National Small Arms Technology Consortium

    Notice is hereby given that, on April 1, 2004, 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 National Small Arms 
Technology Consortium (``NSATC'') 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 
AAI Corporation, Hunt Valley, MD; Accent on Creativity, Newton, NJ; 
Alliant Techsystems, Inc., Plymouth, MN; ALTARUM, Ann Arbor, MI; 
AMBRICK, USA, Poland, OH; American Ordnance LLC, Pittsburg, KS; 
American Systems Corporation, Dumfries, VA; Applied Ordnance 
Technology, Inc., Dover, NJ; ARMALITE, Geneseo, IL,; ATI, North 
Charleston, SC; Barrett Firearms, Murfreesboro, TN; Batelle Memorial 
Institute, Columbus, OH; Batelle Memorial Institute, Lake Hiawatha, NJ; 
Batelle Memorial Institute, Aberdeen, MD; Beretta USA, Accokeek, MD; 
BES Systems, Inc., New York, NY; Blackwater Target Systems, Noyock, NC; 
Brashear LP, Pittsburg, PA; Computer Aided Engineering Associates, 
Inc., Flanders, NJ; CAPO Inc., Grand Junction, CO; Cape Aerospace, Cape 
Coral, FL; Colt Defense LLC, West Hartford, Connecticut; ELCAN Optical 
Technologies, Midland, Ontario, CANADA; Engineering and Management 
Executives, Inc., Alexandria, VA; FN Herstal S.A., Herstal, BELGIUM; FN 
Herstal USA, Inc., McLean, VT; FN Manufacturing, Columbia, SC; General 
Dynamics Armament and Technical Products, Burlington, VT; GLOCK, Inc., 
Solvay, NY; Hekler and Koch, Inc., Sterling, VA; Idaho National 
Engineering and Environmental Laboratory, Idaho Falls, ID; KamanDayron, 
Orlando, FL; Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, NM; Mechanical 
Solutions, Inc., Parsippany, NJ; MER Corporation, Tucson, AZ; 
Meprolight, Inc., Washignton, DC; Metal Storm LTD, Arlington, VA; New 
Jersey Institute of Technology, Newark, NJ; O.F. Mossberg, North Haven, 
CT; Pacific Scientific, Inc., San Carlos, CA; Polymer Technologies, 
Inc., Clifton, NJ; Remington Arms Company, Inc., Lonoke, AR; Saint 
Marks Powder, General Dynamics Tactical Systems, Dover, NJ; Sandia 
National Laboratories, Albuquerque, NM; SIGARMS, Rockville, MD; Smith 
and Wesson, Springfield, MA; S.H. Smith Associates, Hoboken, NJ; 
Stevens Institute of Technology, Hoboken, NJ; Tanner Research, 
Pasadena, CA; Universal Chemical, Stuart, FL; University of Florida, 
Shalimar, FL; University of Missouri at Rolla, Rolla, Missouri; Western 
Design, Irvine, CA; and Wise Web Connection, Dover, NJ.
    The nature and objectives of the venture are (1) to conduct 
research and development activities in the area of small arms weapons 
systems technology; (2) to enter into a Section 845 ``Other 
Transactions'' Agreement (the ``OT Agreement'') with the US Army (the 
``Government'') for the funding of certain research and development to 
be conducted, in partnership with the Government and other NSATC 
Members, for the US Army National Small Arms Center (NSAC) in the area 
of small arms weapons systems; (3) to develop, maintain, and execute a 
flexible multi-year master research plan in the area of small arms 
weapons systems technology that clearly defines performance goals and 
maximizes the collective capabilities of Government, industry and 
academia and focus those capabilities toward attainment of sound 
technical solutions consistent with these goals; (4) to provide a 
unified and coordinated message to the US Government's legislative 
branch and the Department of Defense (DOD) community as to the 
strategically important role small arms weapons and munitions 
technologies will play in current and future weapons system 
development; and (5) to define programs and obtain program funding that 
is focused on the development, demonstration and transition of key 
technologies that will result in current weapons system improvements or 
the fielding of new systems. Production of field worthy products based 
on the R&D activities of the NSATC or technologies developed by the 
NSATC is limited to prototypes and, in certain cases, early production. 
All other production will be done outside the consortium.

Dorothy B. Fountain,
Deputy Director of Operations, Antitrust Division.
[FR Doc. 04-12059 Filed 5-27-04; 8:45 am]
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