[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 190 (Friday, October 1, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Pages 53415-53416]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-25511]
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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
Antitrust Division
Notice Pursuant to the National Cooperative Research and
Production Act of 1993--Joint Tactical Radio System (``JTRS'') Step 1
Consortium
Notice is hereby given that, on March 5, 1999, pursuant to Section
6(a) of the National Cooperative Research and Production Act of 1993,
15 U.S.C. 4301 et seq. (``the Act''), Boeing North American, Inc.
(``Boeing'') has filed written notifications simultaneously with the
Attorney General and the Federal Trade Commisison disclosing (1) the
identities of the parties 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 are Boeing North American,
Inc., Seal Beach, CA; Racal Communications, Inc., Rockville, MD; Harris
Corporation, Melbourne, FL; Lucent Technologies, Inc., Murray Hill,
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NJ; Xetron Corporation, Cincinnati, OH; Rockwell International
Corporation, Costa Mesa, CA; ViaSat, Inc., Carlsbad, CA; and Autometric
Incorporated, Springfield, VA. The Joint Tactical Radio System
(``JTRS'') Step 1 Consortium will participate in a research and
development program under a contract award by the U.S. Army
Communications--Electronics Command to define an open architecture for
a family of affordable tactical radios to meet military communications
requirements in a competitive non-developmental item environment.
Constance K. Robinson,
Director of Operations, Antitrust Division.
[FR Doc. 99-25511 Filed 9-30-99; 8:45 am]
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