95-12681. Notice Pursuant to the National Cooperative Research and Production Act of 1993Northrop Grumman Corporation Research and Development Venture

[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 100 (Wednesday, May 24, 1995)]
[Notices]
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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE


Notice Pursuant to the National Cooperative Research and 
Production Act of 1993--Northrop Grumman Corporation Research and 
Development Venture

    Notice is hereby given that, on March 22, 1995, pursuant to section 
6(a) of the National Cooperative Research and Production Act of 1993, 
15 U.S.C. 4301 et seq. (``the Act''), Northrop Grumman Corporation has 
filed written notifications simultaneously with the Attorney General 
and the Federal Trade Commission 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: Grumman Aerospace Company, 
Bethpage, NY (a subsidiary of Northrop Grumman Corporation); The Cyril 
Bath Company, Monroe, NC; and Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 
Cambridge, MA. The objective of the venture is to conduct joint 
research to develop commercially viable technology for reconfigurable 
tooling for sheet metal forming and other potential low rate production 
applications for an adaptive factory environment.
Constance K. Robinson,
Director of Operations, Antitrust Division.
[FR Doc. 95-12681 Filed 5-23-95; 8:45 am]
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