[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 142 (Friday, July 24, 1998)] [Notices] [Page 39902] From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov] [FR Doc No: 98-19742] ----------------------------------------------------------------------- DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE Antitrust Division Notice Pursuant to the National Cooperative Research and Production Act of 1993--Intelligent Maintenance Advisor for Turbine Engines (IMATE) Notice is hereby given that, on March 2, 1998, pursuant to Section 6(a) of the National Cooperative Research and Production Act of 1993, 15 U.S.C. 4301 et seq. (``the Act''), GE Aircraft Engines (GEAE) 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 General Electric Company, acting by and through GEAE, Cincinnati, OH; General Electric's Corporate Research and Development Division, Schenectady, NY; Lockhead Martin Company, Bethesda, MD, acting by and through its Control Systems Division, Johnson City, NY; Oceana Sensor Technologies, Inc., Virginia Beach, VA; Applied Research Laboratory of Penn State University, State College, PA. The nature and objectives of the venture are to implement Cooperative Agreement No. MDA972-98-3-002, sponsored by the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency. The technical objective of this program is to design and test a condition-based intelligent maintenance advisor for turbine engines in order to reduce cost of service, improve maintenance planning, and minimize unnecessary component removals. In addition, the IMATE program will provide the technologies needed for developing the global, propulsion asset-management infrastructures. Constance K. Robinson, Director of Operations, Antitrust Division. [FR Doc. 98-19742 Filed 7-23-98; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 4410-11-M