2023-20951. Notice Pursuant to the National Cooperative Research and Production Act of 1993-Defense Electronics Consortium

Notice is hereby given that, on July 14, 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”), the Defense Electronics Consortium (“DEC”) 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, 3D Glass Solutions, Inc., Albuquerque, NM; Amida Technology Solutions LLC, Washington, DC; Ceritas, Inc., Gloucester, MA; CoolCAD Electronics LLC, College Park, MD; Spectrum Control, Inc., Fairview, PA; Synopsys, Inc., Mountainview, CA; and University of Florida Board of Trustees, Gainesville, FL, 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 DEC intends to file additional written notifications disclosing all changes in membership.

On April 12, 2023, DEC 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 August 8, 2023 (88 FR 53520).

Suzanne Morris,

Deputy Director Civil Enforcement Operations, Antitrust Division.