[Federal Register Volume 71, Number 79 (Tuesday, April 25, 2006)]
[Notices]
[Page 23948]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 06-3868]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

Antitrust Division


Notice Pursuant to the National Cooperative Research and 
Production Act of 1993--The Composites Consortium

    Notice is hereby given that, on March 27, 2006, 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 Composites Consortium 
(``TCC'') has filed written notifications simultaneously with the 
Attorney General and the Federal Trade Commission disclosing (1) the 
identities of the parties to the consortium and (2) the nature and 
objectives of the consortium. 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 
to the consortium are: Alliant Techsystems, Iuka, MS; Allied Aerospace, 
Newport News, VA; Bell Helicopter-TEXTRON, Inc., Fort Worth, TX; The 
Boeing Company, St. Louis, MO; Clemson University, Clemson, SC; 
Diaphorm Technologies, LLC, Salem, NH; General Dynamics Electric Boat, 
Groton, CT; Goodrich Corporation, Santa Fe Springs, CA; Graftech 
International Ltd., Parma, OH; Hitco Carbon Composites, Los Angeles, 
CA; Maverick Corporation/Canyon Composites, Blue Ash, OH; Mentis 
Sciences Inc., Manchester, NH; Mississippi State University, 
Mississippi State, MS; New Jersey Institute of Technology, Newark, NJ; 
Northrop Grumman Newport News/Ship Systems, Newport News, VA; Northrop 
Grumman Integrated Systems, El Segundo, CA; Pennsylvania State 
University--Applied Research Laboratory, State College, PA; Raytheon 
Company, Tucson, AZ; Specialty Materials, Inc., Lowell, MA; TPI 
Composites, Inc., Warren, RI; Vought Aircraft Industries, Inc., Dallas, 
TX; and South Carolina Research Authority, North Charleston, SC. The 
general area of TCC's planned activity is to further the state of the 
art and practice of employing composites in the manufacture of complex 
structures, systems, and components thereof. The intent is to: (a) 
Improve the affordability to the Navy and other Government agencies of 
structures and systems; (b) increase the technical and manufacturing 
capability of TCC members; and (c) broadly disseminate the technology.

Dorothy B. Fountain,
Deputy Director of Operations, Antitrust Division.
[FR Doc. 06-3868 Filed 4-24-06; 8:45 am]
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