DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
Antitrust Division
Notice Pursuant to the National Cooperative Research and
Production Act Of 1993 -- Defense Industrial Based
Consortium
Notice is hereby given that, on February 21, 2024,
pursuant to section 6(a) of the National Cooperative
Research and Production Act of 1993, 15 U.S.C. 4301 et seq.
(“the Act”), Defense Industrial Based Consortium (“DIBC”)
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: AAPlasma LLC, Philadelphia,
PA; Accipiter Systems, Inc., Wexford, PA; ACMI Austin LLC,
Austin, TX; Adaptive Dynamics, Inc., San Diego, CA; ADDX
Corp., Alexandria, VA; AI Strategy Corp., Babylon, NY;
Allegheny Technologies, Inc., Pittsburgh, PA; Amyris, Inc.,
Emeryville, CA; Applied Research Associates, Inc.,
Albuquerque, NM; ARCHEM LLC, Shreveport, LA; ARCTOS
Technology Solutions LLC, Beavercreek, OH; AURA
Technologies LLC, Carrboro, NC; Aveox, Inc., Simi Valley,

CA; Barber-Nichols LLC, Arvada, CO; Bath Iron Works Corp.,
Bath, ME; Battelle Memorial Institute, Columbus, OH; Big
Metal Additive, Denver, CO; BlackSky Geospatial Solutions,
Inc., Herndon, VA; Boarhog LLC, San Diego, CA; Booz Allen
Hamilton, Inc., McLean, VA; Bren-Tronics, Inc., Commack,
NY; Cambium Biomaterials, Inc., Mojave, CA; Castelion
Corp., El Segundo, CA; CFD Research Corp., Huntsville, AL;
Combustion Research & Flow Technology, Inc., Pipersville,
PA; Concurrent Technologies Corp., Johnstown, PA; Corvid
Technologies LLC, Mooresville, NC; CR Access Consulting
LLC, Virginia Beach, VA; Crean & Associates, Inc., Lakeway,
TX; Cryptic Vector LLC, Liberty Township, OH; CurtissWright EMD, Cheswick, PA; CVX Instruments LLC, Charlevoix,
MI; CyKor LLC, Annapolis, MD; D'Angelo Technologies LLC,
Beavercreek, OH; Decision Sciences, Inc., Fort Walton
Beach, FL; Defense Industry Advisors LLC, St. Petersburg,
FL; Delta Development Team, Inc., Tucson, AZ; Design West
Technologies, Inc., Tustin, CA; DuPont Specialty Products
USA LLC, Circleville, OH; Eduworks, Corvallis, OR;
ElbitAmerica, Inc., Fort Worth, TX; Elder, Robert James,
Shreveport, LA; Ellwood Material Technologies, New Castle,
PA; Empirical Systems Aerospace, Inc., San Luis Obispo, CA;
Enduralock LLC, Lenexa, KS; Espey Mfg & Electronics Corp.,
Saratoga Springs, NY; Exosonic, Inc., Torrance, CA;
Fabrisonic LLC, Lewis Center, OH; Foursyte LLC, Ashburn,
VA; General Dynamics Ordnance & Tactical Systems, Inc., St.

Petersburg, FL; GIRD Systems, Inc.,

Cincinnati, OH; GLOBAL

CIRCUIT INNOVATONS, Inc., Colorado Springs, CO; Gradient
Technology, ELK RIVER, MN; Granite State Manufacturing,
Manchester, NH; Hawk Technologies LLC, Hancock, MI; HDT
Expeditionary Systems, Inc., Fredericksburg, VA; Heka Aero
LLC, Melbourne, FL; Hermeus Corp., Atlanta, GA; Idaho
Scientific LLC, Boise, ID; Infinity Systems Engineering,
Colorado Springs, CO; Innoveering LLC, Bohemia, NY; Integra
Technologies, Wichita, KS; Integration Innovation, Inc.,
Huntsville, AL; Intertek Laboratories, Inc., Stirling, NJ;
iWorks Corp., Reston, VA; JR3 Consulting LLC, Huntsville,
AL; Keselowski Advanced Manufacturing LLC, Statesville, NC;
Kinnami Software Corp., Braintree, MA; Kratos Defense &
Rocket Support Services, Inc., Huntsville, AL; Kratos SRE,
Inc., San Diego, CA; Leidos, Inc., Reston, VA; Leonardo DRS
Naval Power Systems, Menomonee Falls, WI; Lockheed MartinMissiles & Fire Control, Orlando, FL; Martinez and Turek,
Inc., Rialto, CA; McCormick Stevenson Corp., Clearwater,
FL; Mercury Systems, Inc., Andover, MA; MetalTek
International, Waukesha, WI; Mission Focused Systems, Inc.,
Royersford, PA; Motorola Solutions, Inc., Chicago, IL; NAL
Research Corp., Manassas, VA; Nalas Engineering Services,
Inc., Centerbrook, CT; Nanohmics, Inc., Austin, TX;
NASCENTechnology Manufacturing, Inc., Watertown, SD; Near
Earth Autonomy, Inc., Pittsburgh, PA; Next Semiconductor
Technologies, Inc., San Diego, CA; Non-Ferrous Founders

Society, Sturgis, MI; Northrop Grumman Systems Corp.,
McLean, VA; Northrop Grumman Systems Corp. - Armament
Systems Business Unit, Plymouth, MN; Nostromo LLC,
Kennebunk ME; NWI Defense LLC, Albany, OR; Oceaneering
International, Inc., Hanover, MD; Ohio Semitronics, Inc.,
Hilliard, OH; Olin Winchester LLC, Independence, MO; Onyx
Aerospace, Huntsville, AL; Opto-Knowledge Systems, Inc.,
Torrance, CA; Orolia Government Systems, Inc., Rochester,
NY; OToole Tek LLC, Rocky Hill, CT; Parallax Advanced
Research, Beavercreek, OH; Physical Sciences, Inc.,
Andover, MA; Pison Technology, Inc., Boston, MA; Plasma
Processes LLC, Huntsville, AL; Practical Energetics
Research, Inc., Huntsville, AL; Production Systems
Automation LLC, Duryea, PA; Questek Innovations LLC,
Evanston, IL; Raytheon, Tucson, AZ; R-DEX Systems, Inc.,
Woodstock, GA; Rebling Plastics, Warrington, PA;
REDLattice, Inc., Chantilly, VA; Rhoads Industries, Inc.,
Philadelphia, PA; Rocky Mountain Scientific Laboratory,
Littleton, CO; Russell Technical Consulting Services LLC,
Huntsville, AL; SAVIT Corp., Rockaway, NJ; SB Technology
Federal, Inc., Tarrytown, FL; SCHOTT North America, Inc.,
Duryea, PA; Sentient Science, Buffalo, NY; Siemens
Government Technologies, Inc., Reston, VA; Sigma Defense
Systems LLC, Perry, GA; Signature Science LLC, Austin, TX;
Skuld LLC, London, OH; Southeastern New England Defense
Industry Alliance, Middletown, RI; Southwest Research

Institute, San Antonio, TX; SRI International, Menlo Park,
CA; Strategic Technology Consulting LLC, Toms River, NJ;
Strogen Strategic Sustainability, Washington, DC; SURVICE
Engineering Company LLC, Belcamp, MD; Synthio Chemicals,
Inc., Broomfield, CO; Systecon North America, Juno Beach,
FL; Teledyne FLIR Commercial Systems, Goleta, CA; Texas
Research Institute Austin, Inc., Austin, TX; The Boeing
Company, St Louis, MO; The Johns Hopkins University Applied
Physics Laboratory, Laurel, MD; The University of Alabama
in Huntsville, Huntsville, AL; Thomas & Skinner, Inc.,
Indianapolis, IN; Trillium Engineering, Hood River, OR;
UES, Inc., Dayton, OH; University of Arizona Applied
Research Corp., Tucson, AZ; US Partnership for Assured
Electronics, Washington, DC; Vega Technology Group LLC,
North Canton, OH; VPI Technology, Draper, UT; W R Systems
Ltd., Fairfax, VA; and W.S. Darley & Co., Itasca, IL.
The general area of DIBC’s planned activity is to
conduct research and development and prototyping of
projects and programs for purposes of strengthening the
Defense Industrial Base (DIB). At the time of this filing,
the DIBC’s critical sectors and subsectors are as follows:
1) kinetic capabilities (i.e. hypersonics), 2) energy
storage and batteries, 3) castings and forgings, 4)
microelectronics, 5) critical chemicals and minerals, 6)
Small Unmanned Aerial Systems (sUAS), 7) Rare Earth
Elements (REFs), 8) critical materials, 9) submarine

industrial base, 10) space industry base, 11)
biomanufacturing, and 12) workforce development.
Consortium was formed effective December 31, 2023.

The

Suzanne Morris,
Deputy Director Civil Enforcement Operations,
Antitrust Division.

[FR Doc. 2024-13738 Filed: 6/21/2024 8:45 am; Publication Date: 6/24/2024]