[Federal Register Volume 85, Number 200 (Thursday, October 15, 2020)]
[Notices]
[Pages 65424-65425]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2020-22861]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

Antitrust Division


Notice Pursuant to the National Cooperative Research and 
Production Act of 1993--Naval Energetic Systems and Technologies 
Enterprise Consortium

    Notice is hereby given that, on October 5, 2020, 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 Naval Energetic Systems 
and Technologies Enterprise Consortium (``NEC'') 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: Fathom 4, LLC, Charleston, SC; Logistic Services 
International, Inc., Jacksonville, FL; Milwaukee School of Engineering, 
Milwaukee, WI; Netorian, LLC, Aberdeen, MD; SIA Solutions, Baltimore, 
MD; and Tiburon Associates, Inc., Grand Rapids, MI.
    The general area of NEC's planned activity is (a) to collaborate 
with the U.S. Navy to conduct coordinated research, prototype 
development and follow-on production of technologies that address 
current and future security threats in the surface, subsurface, 
littoral and expeditionary environments (``NEC Mission'') through the 
use of an Other Transaction Agreement (``OTA'') with the U.S. 
Government (``Government''). These efforts will enhance the 
capabilities of the Government and its departments and agencies in the 
development of prototypes and full production thereof in the naval 
energetic systems and technologies field; (b) to participate in

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the establishment of sound technical and programmatic performance goals 
based on the technical needs and the requirements of the Government; 
(c) to provide a unified voice to effectively articulate the global and 
strategically important role the NEC Mission plays in furthering 
national security objectives; and (d) to maximize the utilization of 
the Government's and NEC Members' capabilities to effectively develop 
critical technologies which can be transitioned to the U.S. Navy and 
commercialized.

Suzanne Morris,
Chief, Premerger and Division Statistics Antitrust Division.
[FR Doc. 2020-22861 Filed 10-14-20; 8:45 am]
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