[Federal Register Volume 79, Number 213 (Tuesday, November 4, 2014)]
[Notices]
[Pages 65424-65425]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2014-26105]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

Antitrust Division


Notice Pursuant to the National Cooperative Research and 
Production Act of 1993; National Spectrum Consortium

    Notice is hereby given that, on September 24, 2014, pursuant to 
Section 6(a) of the National Cooperative Research and Production Act of 
1993, 15 U.S.C. 4301 et seq. (``the Act''), National Spectrum 
Consortium (``NSC'') 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 
to the venture are: ADS Corporation, Arlington, VA; AEA, Inc., 
Anacortes, WA; ATDI Government Services, LLC, Fairfax, VA; BAE Systems, 
Nashua, NH; Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA; Cognitive Radio 
Technologies, LLC, Lynchburg, VA; Comsearch, Warren, RI; Darkblade 
Systems Corporation, Stafford, VA; Disney/ABC TV Group, New York, NY; 
Draper Laboratory, Cambridge, MA; Eigen Wireless, Liberty Lake, WA; 
Exelis, Inc., McLean, VA; Federated Wireless, Boston, MA; Georgia Tech 
Applied Research Corporation, Atlanta, GA; Gonzaga University, Spokane, 
WA; Honeywell, Morristown, NJ; Hughes Network Systems, Gaithersburg, 
MD; ICF International, Fairfax, VA; Innovative Solutions Consortium, 
Leesburg, VA; Lockheed Martin Corporation, Washington, DC; Monterey 
Consultants, Inc., Dayton, OH; Nokia Networks, Chicago, IL; Northrop 
Grumman Corporation, Falls Church, VA; Nouveau Innovation Alliance, 
LLC, Dayton, OH; Oceus Networks, Reston, VA; Peha Consulting, 
Washington, DC; Raytheon BBN Technologies, Cambridge, MA; Roberson and 
Associates, LLC, Chicago, IL; Rockwell Collins, Inc., Cedar Rapids, IA; 
Rumpf Associates International, Inc., Alexandria, VA; S2 Corporation, 
Bozeman, MT; SECUTOR US, LLC, Clifton, VA; Shared Spectrum Corporation, 
Vienna, VA; Shenandoah Research and Technology, Luray, VA; Silvus 
Technologies, Los Angeles, CA; Space Data Association, Malvern, PA; 
Spectronn, Holmdel, NJ; SRC, Inc., North Syracuse, NY; Stat Tech, Inc, 
Alexandria, VA; Stevens Institute of Technology, Hoboken, NJ; Strategic 
Contrivance, LLC, Annandale, VA; TCI International, Inc., Fremont, CA; 
Telecommunications Industry Association (TIA), Washington, DC; Test 
Equipment Plus, Inc., La Center, WA; University of Illinois, Urbana, 
IL; University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS; University of Mississippi, 
Oxford, MS; University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Lincoln, NE; University of 
Oklahoma, Norman, OK; University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA; 
University of Washington, Seattle, WA; URS Federal Support Services, 
Inc., Germantown, MD; VA Tech Applied Research Corporation, Blacksburg, 
VA; Vanu, Inc., Cambridge, MA; VIStology, Inc. Framingham, MA; Wireless 
Innovation Forum, Reston, VA; and xG Technology Inc., Sarasota, FL. The 
general areas of NSC's planned activities are (i) maturing technologies 
that assist in improved electromagnetic spectrum awareness, sharing, 
and use; (ii) experimentation to better inform the optimal allocation 
of those technologies for both public and private objectives; (iii) 
demonstration of new technologies to increase trust among spectrum 
stakeholders; and (iv) policy development to ensure

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technologies do not outpace the appropriate guidance for their best 
use.

Patricia A. Brink,
Director of Civil Enforcement, Antitrust Division.
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