[Federal Register Volume 77, Number 117 (Monday, June 18, 2012)]
[Notices]
[Page 36292]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2012-14766]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

Antitrust Division


Notice Pursuant to the National Cooperative Research and 
Production Act of 1993--Border Security Technology Consortium

    Notice is hereby given that, on May 30, 2012, pursuant to Section 
6(a) of the National Cooperative Research and Production Act of 1993, 
15 U.S.C. 4301 et seq. (``the Act''), Border Security Technology 
Consortium (``BSTC'') 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: Old Dominion University, Norfolk, VA; DRS Tactical 
Systems, Inc., Melbourne, FL; Vista Research, Arlington, VA; Ball 
Aerospace & Technologies Corp., Boulder, CO; List Innovative Solutions, 
Inc., Herndon, VA; Arc Aspicio, Arlington, VA; University of Arizona, 
Tucson, AZ; Rapiscan Systems, Torrence, CA; and ICS Consulting, LLC, 
Arlington, VA. The general area of BSTC's planned activity is (i) to 
develop various border security-related monitoring, surveillance, 
communications, fencing and infrastructure, and other supporting 
technologies that advance the state-of-the-art; (ii) to improve U.S. 
industry, government and academia capabilities to sustain U.S. border 
protection in the research, development, engineering and production of 
border security-related systems; and (iii) to insert these technologies 
into legacy and development platforms as quickly and efficiently as 
possible.

Patricia A. Brink,
Director of Civil Enforcement, Antitrust Division.
[FR Doc. 2012-14766 Filed 6-15-12; 8:45 am]
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