[Federal Register Volume 83, Number 203 (Friday, October 19, 2018)]
[Notices]
[Page 53106]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2018-22826]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

Antitrust Division


Notice Pursuant to the National Cooperative Research and 
Production Act of 1993--Consortium for Execution of Rendezvous and 
Servicing Operations

    Notice is hereby given that, on September 10, 2018, 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 Execution of 
Rendezvous and Servicing Operations (``CONFERS'') 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: Altius Space Machines, Inc., Broomfield, CO; 
Analytical Graphics, Inc., Exton, PA; Astroscale PTE. LTD., Tokyo, 
JAPAN; Ball Aerospace and Technology Corp., Boulder, CO; Chandah Space 
Technologies, Houston, TX; Hoffer Flow Controls, Inc. Elizabeth City, 
NC; iBOSS gmbH, Aachen, GERMANY; MacDonald, Dettwiler and Associates, 
Inc., Brampton, Ontario, CANADA; Thales Alenia Space, Courbevioe, 
FRANCE; The Aerospace Corporation, El Segundo, CA; and XL Catlin, LLC, 
New York, NY.
    The general area of CONFERS' planned activity is to establish an 
independent, self-sustaining industry forum to advocate and promote on-
orbit satellite maintenance, servicing, and rendezvous operations by 
collaborating to research, develop, and publish voluntary, consensus 
technical and safety standards, and engaging with governments on policy 
and oversight of satellite servicing activities. To fulfill its 
mission, CONFERS will recruit a broad array of members from satellite 
operators, service providers, insurers and underwriters, and engage 
other stakeholders from industry, academia, and governments. The 
process will be fully collaborative and will include dedicated outreach 
activities to engage the global commercial satellite community. The 
members of the CONFERS believe that future standards should be based on 
a set of guiding principles that will help establish responsible norms 
of behavior.

Suzanne Morris,
Chief, Premerger and Division Statistics Unit, Antitrust Division.
[FR Doc. 2018-22826 Filed 10-18-18; 8:45 am]
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