[Federal Register Volume 91, Number 35 (Monday, February 23, 2026)]
[Notices]
[Pages 8528-8529]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2026-03525]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

Antitrust Division


Notice Pursuant to the National Cooperative Research and 
Production Act of 1993--Countering Weapons of Mass Destruction

    Notice is hereby given that, on October 1, 2025, pursuant to 
section 6(a) of the National Cooperative Research and Production Act of 
1993, 15 U.S.C. 4301 et seq. (``the Act''), Countering Weapons of Mass 
Destruction (``CWMD'') has filed written notifications simultaneously 
with the Attorney General and the Federal Trade Commission disclosing 
changes in its membership. The notifications were filed for the purpose 
of extending the Act's provisions limiting the recovery of antitrust 
plaintiffs to actual damages under specified circumstances. 
Specifically, Attogene Corporation, Austin, TX; Bascom Hunter 
Technologies, Inc., Baton Rouge, LA; Black Cow Labs, LLC, Earlysville, 
VA; Forward Edge AI, Inc., San Antonio, TX; Modus Operandi, Inc., 
Melbourne, FL; Novateur Research Solutions LLC, Ashburn, VA; Safe--
Decon, Inc., Greeneville, TN; Universal Solutions International, Inc., 
Newport News, VA; SRR International, Inc., Riviera Beach, FL; and 
Supernova Industries Corp., Austin, TX, have been added as parties to 
this venture.
    Also, American Type Culture Collection, Manassas, VA; Apl 
Engineered Materials, Inc., Urbana, IL; Asell, LLC, Owings Mills, MD; 
Blacksky Geospatial Solutions, LLC, Herndon, VA; Cape Henry Associates, 
Inc., Virginia Beach, VA; Federal-Fabrics-Fibers, Inc., Solon, OH; Mine 
Survival Inc., Panama City, FL; Universal Solutions International, 
Inc., Newport News, VA; and University of Southern California, Los 
Angeles, CA, have withdrawn as parties to this venture.
    No other changes have been made in either the membership or planned 
activity of the group research project. Membership in this group 
research project remains open, and CWMD intends to file additional 
written notifications disclosing all changes in membership.

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    On January 31, 2018, CWMD filed its original notification pursuant 
to section 6(a) of the Act. The Department of Justice published a 
notice in the Federal Register pursuant to section 6(b) of the Act on 
March 12, 2018 (83 FR 10750).
    The last notification was filed with the Department on July 3, 
2025. A notice was published in the Federal Register pursuant to 
section 6(b) of the Act on August 15, 2025 (90 FR 39422).

Suzanne Morris,
Deputy Director Civil Enforcement Operations, Antitrust Division.
[FR Doc. 2026-03525 Filed 2-20-26; 8:45 am]
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