Notice Pursuant to the National Cooperative Research and Production Act of 1993-Countering Weapons of Mass Destruction Consortium, 10750 [2018-04838]

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• Antitrust Division
• Department of Justice

[Federal Register Volume 83, Number 48 (Monday, March 12, 2018)]
[Notices]
[Page 10750]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2018-04838]



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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

Antitrust Division


Notice Pursuant to the National Cooperative Research and 
Production Act of 1993--Countering Weapons of Mass Destruction 
Consortium

    Notice is hereby given that, on January 31, 2018, pursuant to 
Section 6(a) of the National Cooperative Research and Production Act of 
1993, 15 U.S.C. 4301 et seq. (``the Act''), Countering Weapons of Mass 
Destruction Consortium (``CWMD Consortium'') has filed written 
notifications simultaneously with the Attorney General and the Federal 
Trade Commission disclosing (1) the identities of the parties to the 
venture 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: 908 Devices Inc., Boston, MA; AeroClave, LLC, Winter Park, FL; 
Alakai Defense Systems, Inc., Largo, FL; Alion Science and Technology, 
Burr Ridge, IL; Applied Research Associates (ARA), Albuquerque, NM; 
APTIM Federal Services, LLC, Alexandria, VA; Arete Associates, 
Northridge, CA; Avon, Protection Systems, Inc., Belcamp, MD; Battelle 
Memorial Institute, Columbus, OH; Bill Baugh Associates, LLC, 
Millersville, MD; Blue Force Consulting, Westminster, MD; Booz Allen 
Hamilton, McLean, VA; Brimrose Technology Corp. Sparks, MD; Broadway 
Analytical, LLC, Monmouth, IL; Bruker Detection Corporation, Billerica, 
MA; Celina Tent Incorporated, Celina, OH; ChemImage Sensor Systems, 
Pittsburgh, PA; Chemring Sensors and Electronic Systems, Inc. 
Charlotte, NC; CogniTech Corporation, Salt Lake City, UT; Corvid 
Technologies, Mooresville, NC; Creare, LLC, Hanover, NH; D. Wheatley 
Enterprises, Inc., Belcamp, MD; DCS Corporation, Alexandria, VA; 
Defense Architecture Systems (DAS), Oxon Hill, MD; Domenix Corporation 
dba Relevant Technology, Chantilly, VA; Dynamis, Inc., Fairfax, VA; 
DynPort Vaccine Company LLC, a CSRA Company, Frederick, MD; El Dorado 
Engineering Inc., West Jordan, UT; ENSCO, Inc., Falls Church, VA; EOIR 
Technologies, Inc., Aberdeen Proving Ground, MD; Excet, Inc., 
Springfield, VA; EZ-A Consulting, LLC, Bel Air, MD; Federal Fabrics-
Fibers, Lowell, MA; Federal Resources Supply, Stevensville, MD; First 
Line Technology, Chantilly, VA; FLIR Detection, Inc., Stillwater, OK; 
FORSUGO Hi-Cell, Inc., Marrero, LA; Georgia Tech Applied Research 
Corporation, Atlanta, GA; GeoVax, Inc., Smyrna, GA; Guild Associates, 
Inc., Dublin, OH; Hamilton Sundstrand Corp, UTC Aerospace Systems 
(UTAS), Pomona, CA; HDT Expeditionary Systems, Inc., Fredericksburg, 
VA; Immediate Response Technologies DBA AirBoss Defense, Landover, MD; 
Innovative Emergency Management, Inc. (IEM), Morrisville, NC; Integrity 
Consulting Engineering and Security Solutions (ICESS), Purcellville, 
VA; Intelagard, Lafayette, CO; Intelligent Optical Systems, Inc., 
Torrance, CA; Intelligent System Support, Austin, TX; INTUITIVE, 
Huntsville, AL; IS4S (Integrated Systems for Solutions), Huntsville, 
AL; iSense, LLC, Mountain View, CA; ITL LLC DBA ITL Solutions, Hampton, 
VA; JGW Group, Reston, VA; Joint Research and Development (JRAD), 
Belcamp, MD; Kiple Acquisition Science Technology Logistics & 
Engineering, Inc. (KASTLE), Forest Hill, MD; Knowledge Based Systems 
(KBSI), College Station, TX; Lealaps Consulting, LLC, Arlington, VA; 
Leidos, Inc., Abingdon, MD; Management Services Group, Inc., dba Global 
Technical Systems, Virginia Beach, VA; Mapp Biopharmaceuticals, Inc., 
San Diego, CA; MaXentric Technologies, LLC, Fort Lee, NJ; MESH, Inc., 
Oxford, PA; Microcosm, Torrance, CA; MQM Solutions, Inc., Cleveland, 
OH; Murtech, Inc., Glen Burnie, MD; National Strategic Research 
Institute (NSRI), Omaha, NE; North Carolina A & T (NC A&T), Greensboro, 
NC; Offset Strategic Services, Fayetteville, TN; Patricio Enterprises, 
Inc., Stafford, VA; Pendar Technologies, LLC, Cambridge, MA; Production 
Products Mfg. & Sales Co., Inc., St Louis, MO; QuickFlex, Inc., San 
Antonio, TX; QuickSilver Analytics, Inc., Hampstead, NC; Rigaku 
Analytical Devices, Inc., Wilmington, MA; SAAB Defense and Security, 
East Syracuse, NY; SciTech Services, Inc., Havre de Grace, MD; Scott 
Technologies, Monroe, NC; Signature Science, LLC, Austin, TX; SigNet 
Technologies, Cary, NC; Smiths Detection Inc., Edgewood, MD; Southwest 
Research Institute (SWRI), San Antonio, TX; Spectral Sensor Solutions, 
LLC, Herndon, VA; Streamline Automation, Huntsville, AL; Synertex, LLC, 
Purcellville, VA; T2S, LLC, Belcamp, MD; Tennessee Apparel Corp., 
Tullahoma, CO; Terminal Horizon Operations and Resourcing (THOR), St 
Petersburg, FL; The Tauri Group, Inc., Alexandria, VA; TIAX LLC, 
Lexington, MA; Universal Stabilization Technologies, Inc., San Diego, 
CA; University of Florida, Gainesville, FL; URS Federal Services, Inc., 
an AECOM Company, Germantown, MD; UTS Systems LLC, Fort Walton Beach, 
FL; Vaporsens, Inc., Salt Lake City, UT; Veterans Corps of America 
(VCA), O'Fallon, IL; Vibratess, LLC., Charlottesville, VA.
    The general area of the CWMD Consortium's planned activity is 
facilitating the provision of technologies related to research, 
development, acquisition, fielding and life-cycle support for the 
following (non-inclusive) capability areas: CBRNE counter-
proliferation, nonproliferation, and defense equipment; Installation 
and force protection; Command, control, communications, computers, 
intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance (C4ISR) systems for WMD 
detection, localization, identification, and tracking and CBRNE 
response operations; Technologies that support the find, fix, finish, 
exploit, analyze, and disseminate (F3EAD) process; Preparing for and 
combatting improvised threats and the improvised explosive device 
network; WMD precursor, agent, and device defeat or neutralization; 
Ensuring nuclear deterrence; Manned and unmanned platforms capable of 
supporting CWMD operations; Technologies that enhance the effectiveness 
of forces that are tasked to conduct CWMD operations; and Other 
operations related to the CWMD mission.

Patricia A. Brink,
Director of Civil Enforcement, Antitrust Division.
[FR Doc. 2018-04838 Filed 3-9-18; 8:45 am]
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