[Federal Register: December 28, 2006 (Volume 71, Number 249)]
[Notices]               
[Page 78223]
From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov]
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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

Antitrust Division

 
Notice Pursuant to the National Cooperative Research and 
Production Act of 1993--Applications Work Order Collaboration (AWOC)

    Notice is hereby given that, on December 7, 2006, pursuant to 
Section 6(a) of the National Cooperative Research and Production Act of 
1993, 15 U.S.C. 4301 et seq. (``the Act''), Applications Work Order 
Collaboration (``AWOC'') 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 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: DaimlerChrysler Research and Technology North 
America, Inc., Palo Alto, CA; Delphi Automotive Systems, LLC, Troy, MI; 
Ford Motor Co., Dearborn, MI; Mark IV, IVHS, Inc., Flemington, NJ; 
NAVTEQ North America, LLC, Chicago, IL; and Raytheon Co., Fullerton, 
CA. The general area of AWOC's planned activity is the development of 
specified applications to be integrated into the vehicle infrastructure 
integration system, a national infrastructure to enable data collection 
and exchange in real time between vehicles and vehicles and the 
roadway.

Patricia A. Brink,
Deputy Director of Operations, Antitrust Division.
[FR Doc. 06-9910 Filed 12-27-06; 8:45 am]