Department of Justice
Antitrust Division
Notice is hereby given that, on January 15, 2026, 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 Industrial Based Consortium (“DIBC”) has filed written notifications simultaneously with the Attorney ( printed page 46159) 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, Advanced Navigation Corp., San Diego, CA; Amber Industrials Inc., Chicago, IL; American Renewable Metals LLC, Tuscaloosa, AL; Amprius Technologies, Inc., Fremont, CA; Anatar, Inc., Atlanta, GA; Ausp, Inc., New York, NY; Avalon Advanced Materials Inc., Toronto, CANADA; Bishop Aerospace LLC, Aledo, TX; Brixtel Defense, LLC, Glendive, MT; Camx Power LLC, Lexington, MA; Certified Metal Finishing, Inc., Pompano Beach, FL; Chip Scan, Inc., Rockaway Beach, NY; Connectdotssolution LLC, Goldsboro, NC; Critical Materials Group Inc., Talpa, TX; Critical Metals Corp, Winchester, UNITED KINGDOM OF GREAT BRITAIN AND NORTHERN IRELAND; Defenseeye, Corp., Redmond, WA; Desicorp, Inc., Louisville, KY; Dmg Mori Federal Services, Inc., Hoffman Estates, IL; Elzly Technology Corp, Reston, VA; EOTECH, LLC, Plymouth, MI; Factory Unlocked, LLC, Allison Park, PA; Fastech Precision LLC, Bedford, IN; Freedome Building Systems INC, Waynesville, NC; Haile Gold Mine, Kershaw, SC; Hertha Metals, Inc., Conroe, TX; Illumination Works, LLC, Beavercreek, OH; Innovative Rocket Technologies Inc, East Islip, NY; Insightorca Corp., Saint Petersburg, FL; Integrity Defense Solutions, Inc., Newport News, VA; Intelligenesis LLC, Columbia, MD; Interlune Corporation, Seattle, WA; Interlynk INC, Menlo Park, CA; Jep Energetics LLC, Kingsport, TN; KPMG LLP, McLean, VA; LightGage, Inc., Wayland, NY; Lithion Battery Inc., Henderson, NV; Lithosphere Industries, LLC, Saint Augustine, FL; Manara Materials LLC, Oakland, CA; Maverick Material Innovations LLC, Mars, PA; Nexus Pacific LLC, Corinth, TX; Nightwing Intelligence Solutions, LLC, Indialantic, FL; Novex, LLC, Blaine, WA; Ocean's 97, INC., Baton Rouge, LA; Oerlikon Am US INC, Huntersville, NC; Orbis Sibro INC, Charleston, SC; Patriot Critical Mineral Corp., Vancouver, CANADA; Patriot Forge Corporation, Brantford, CANADA; Pyrotecnico Fireworks, Inc., New Castle, PA; Radus Software LLC, Great Falls, VA; Ramaco Carbon, LLC, Ranchester, WY; Sadoway Incorporated, Jamestown, RI; Secureframe, Inc., San Francisco, CA; Sila Nanotechnologies, Inc., Alameda, CA; Smart Material Solutions, LLC, Raleigh, NC; Staxxon, Inc., Clifton, NJ; Stravos Holdings LLC, New Bern, NC; Supply Energetics INC, Parsons, KS; Tempo Global Resources LLC, Homewood, IL; The Toota Group, LLC, Pennington, NJ; Think Tank, Inc., Silver Spring, MD; Titan Power, LLC, Pocatello, ID; and West Cobar Metals Limited, Subiaco, COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA, have been added 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 DIBC intends to file additional written notifications disclosing all changes in membership.
On February 21, 2024, DIBC 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 June 24, 2024 (89 FR 52508).
The last notification was filed with the Department on October 14, 2025. A notice was published in the Federal Register pursuant to section 6(b) of the Act on February 23, 2026 (91 FR 8523).
Suzanne Morris,
Deputy Director Civil Enforcement Operations, Antitrust Division.