[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 238 (Monday, December 12, 2011)]
[Notices]
[Page 77251]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2011-31746]
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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
Antitrust Division
Notice Pursuant to the National Cooperative Research and
Production Act of 1993--Consortium for Command, Control, Communications
and Computer Technologies
Notice is hereby given that, on November 18, 2011, pursuant to
Section 6(a) of the National Cooperative Research and Production Act of
1993, 15 U.S.C. 4301 et seq. (``the Act''), Consortium for Command,
Control, Communications and Computer Technologies (``Consortium for
Command'') has filed written notifications simultaneously with the
Attorney General and the Federal Trade Commission disclosing (1) the
identities of the parties to the venture 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
to the venture are: Consortium for Command, Control, Communications and
Computer Technologies, Washington, DC; 3D-4U Inc., Blacksburg, VA;
Mississippi State University, Mississippi State, MS; Paul Cibuzar
Consulting, Nisswa, MN; Science Applications International Corporation,
Crane, IN; Scientia LLC, Bloomington, IN; Signal Innovations Group,
Inc., Durham, NC; Stevens Institute of Technology, Hoboken, NJ; T2
Solutions LLC, Greenville, SC; Tiburon Associates, Inc, Dayton, OH; TS2
Tactical Spec-Solutions Inc., Bedford, IN; UXB International,
Blacksburg, VA; Virginia Tech Applied Research Corporation, Blacksburg,
VA; and Wyle Laboratories, Lexington Park, MD.
The general area of Consortium for Command's planned activity is
(a) to enter into an Other Transaction Agreement (``OT Agreement'')
with the U.S. Army (the Government), pursuant to Section 845 of the
1994 National Defense Authorization Act, as amended, for the funding of
certain research, development, testing and evaluation of prototypes to
be conducted as a collaboration between the Government and Consortium
Members, to enhance the capabilities of the U.S. Government and its
departments and agencies in the fields of Intelligence, Surveillance,
and Reconnaissance (ISR) mission enabled by new technologies for
command, control, communications, computing (C4), and decision-
enhancing technologies; (b) participate in the establishment of sound
technologies and programmatic performance goals based on the needs and
requirements of the Government's Technology Objectives and create
programs and secure funding for the Technology Objectives; (c) provide
a unified voice to effectively articulate the global and strategically
important role which ISR-enabling technologies play in current and
future kinetic and non-kinetic weaponry; and (d) maximize the
utilization of the Government's and Members' capabilities to
effectively develop critical sensor, communications, and computer-
focused technologies which can be transitioned and commercialized.
Additional information concerning the Consortium can be obtained
from Charlie McBride, President, Consortium for Command, Control,
Communications and Computer Technologies, 1025 Connecticut Ave. NW.,
Suite 904, Washington, DC 20036, Telephone (202) 466-4210, Fax (202)
466-4213, email: [email protected].
Patricia A. Brink,
Director of Civil Enforcement, Antitrust Division.
[FR Doc. 2011-31746 Filed 12-9-11; 8:45 am]
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