2023-18093. Notice Pursuant to the National Cooperative Research and Production Act of 1993-Undersea Technology Innovation Consortium

Notice is hereby given that, on July 5, 2023, pursuant to section 6(a) of the National Cooperative Research and Production Act of 1993, 15 U.S.C. 4301 et seq. (“the Act”), Undersea Technology Innovation Consortium (“UTIC”) 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, Applied Research Associates, Inc., Albuquerque, NM; Baker Manufacturing, Inc., Tacoma, WA; Custom Materials, Inc., Chagrin Falls, OH; Fairbanks Morse LLC, Beloit, WI; Florida Atlantic University, Boca Raton, FL; MBDA, Inc., Huntsville, AL; and Huntington Ingalls, Inc., Pascagoula, MS, 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 UTIC intends to file additional written notifications disclosing all changes in membership.

On October 9, 2018, UTIC 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 November 2, 2018 (83 FR 55203).

The last notification was filed with the Department on April 6, 2023. A notice was published in the Federal Register pursuant to section 6(b) of the Act on June 12, 2023 (88 FR 38095).

Suzanne Morris,

Deputy Director Civil Enforcement Operations, Antitrust Division.