83 FR 56874 - Notice Pursuant to the National Cooperative Research and Production Act of 1993-Consortium for Strategic and Spectrum Mission Advanced Resilient Trusted Systems

DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
Antitrust Division

Federal Register Volume 83, Issue 220 (November 14, 2018)

[Federal Register Volume 83, Number 220 (Wednesday, November 14, 2018)]
[Notices]
[Page 56874]
From the Federal Register Online  [www.thefederalregister.org]
[FR Doc No: 2018-24809]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

Antitrust Division


Notice Pursuant to the National Cooperative Research and 
Production Act of 1993--Consortium for Strategic and Spectrum Mission 
Advanced Resilient Trusted Systems

    Notice is hereby given that, on October 16, 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''), the Consortium for 
Strategic and Spectrum Mission Advanced Resilient Trusted Systems 
(``Consortium for Strategic'') 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: Consortium Management Group, Inc., on behalf of the 
Consortium for Strategic and Spectrum Mission Advanced Resilient 
Trusted Systems, Washington, DC; Fathom 4, LLC, Charleston, SC; 
Logistic Services International, Inc., Jacksonville, FL; Quantum 
Signal, LLC, Saline, MI; SIA Solutions, LLC, Houston, TX; and Tiburon 
Associates, Inc., Grand Rapids, MI.
    The general area of Consortium for Strategic's planned activity is 
to enter into an Other Transaction Agreement (``OT Agreement'') with 
the U.S. Government (``Government'') (a) for the funding of certain 
research and development of prototype projects to enhance the 
capabilities of the Government in the fields of electromagnetic 
spectrum, trusted microelectronic and strategic missions hardware 
environments (``Strategic and Spectrum Mission''); (b) to participate 
in the establishment of sound technical and programmatic performance 
goals based on the needs and requirements of the Government's 
Technology Objectives; (c) to provide a unified voice to effectively 
articulate the global and strategically important role Strategic and 
Spectrum Mission plays in furthering national security objectives; and 
(d) to maximize the utilization of the Government's and Members' 
capabilities to effectively develop critical technologies which can be 
transitioned and commercialized.

Suzanne Morris,
Chief, Premerger and Division Statistics Unit, Antitrust Division.
[FR Doc. 2018-24809 Filed 11-13-18; 8:45 am]
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