[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 151 (Tuesday, August 8, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Pages 53520-53521]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2023-16911]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

Antitrust Division


Notice Pursuant to the National Cooperative Research and 
Production Act of 1993--Defense Electronics Consortium

    Notice is hereby given that, on April 12, 2023, pursuant to Section 
6(a) of the National Cooperative Research and Production Act of 1993, 
15 U.S.C. 4301 et seq. (``the Act''), Defense Electronics Consortium 
(``DEC'') 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.

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    Pursuant to Section 6(b) of the Act, the identities of the parties 
to the venture are: Aerocyonics, Inc., East Greenwich, RI; Auburn 
University, Auburn, AL; Averatek Corp., Santa Clara, CA; Calumet 
Electronics Corp., Calumet, MI; CPS Technologies Corp., Norton, MA; 
Idaho Scientific, Boise, ID; Integra Technologies LLC, Wichita, KS; 
ISOLA USA Corp., Chandler, AZ; Mattrix Technologies, Gainesville, FL; 
Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN; Rogers Corp., Chandler, AZ; 
ScanCAD International, Inc., Conifer, CO; STI Electronics, Inc., 
Madison, AL; Streamline Circuits dba Summit Interconnect, Santa Clara, 
CA; and TTM Technologies, Stafford Springs, CO. The general area of 
DEC's planned activity is to bolster the security and resiliency of the 
defense electronics supply chain. The mission of the DEC is to 
strengthen the economic and force posture of the U.S. defense 
electronics industrial base and provide the DoD with deeper insights 
and connections to the U.S. electronics industry while providing 
industry with greater access to DoD opportunities.

Suzanne Morris,
Deputy Director Civil Enforcement Operations, Antitrust Division.
[FR Doc. 2023-16911 Filed 8-7-23; 8:45 am]
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