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

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title: "Notice Pursuant to the National Cooperative Research and Production Act of 1993-Countering Weapons of Mass Destruction"
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title_name: "Federal Register"
section_number: "2026-03525"
section_name: "Notice Pursuant to the National Cooperative Research and Production Act of 1993-Countering Weapons of Mass Destruction"
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publication_date: "2026-02-23"
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  - "Justice Department"
  - "Antitrust Division"
fr_citation: "91 FR 8528"
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#  Notice Pursuant to the National Cooperative Research and Production Act of 1993—Countering Weapons of Mass Destruction

Notice is hereby given that, on October 1, 2025, 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 (“CWMD”) has filed written notifications simultaneously with the Attorney General and the Federal Trade Commission disclosing changes in its membership. The notifications were filed for the purpose of extending the Act's provisions limiting the recovery of antitrust plaintiffs to actual damages under specified circumstances. Specifically, Attogene Corporation, Austin, TX; Bascom Hunter Technologies, Inc., Baton Rouge, LA; Black Cow Labs, LLC, Earlysville, VA; Forward Edge AI, Inc., San Antonio, TX; Modus Operandi, Inc., Melbourne, FL; Novateur Research Solutions LLC, Ashburn, VA; Safe—Decon, Inc., Greeneville, TN; Universal Solutions International, Inc., Newport News, VA; SRR International, Inc., Riviera Beach, FL; and Supernova Industries Corp., Austin, TX, have been added as parties to this venture.

Also, American Type Culture Collection, Manassas, VA; Apl Engineered Materials, Inc., Urbana, IL; Asell, LLC, Owings Mills, MD; Blacksky Geospatial Solutions, LLC, Herndon, VA; Cape Henry Associates, Inc., Virginia Beach, VA; Federal-Fabrics-Fibers, Inc., Solon, OH; Mine Survival Inc., Panama City, FL; Universal Solutions International, Inc., Newport News, VA; and University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, have withdrawn as parties to this venture.

No other changes have been made in either the membership or planned activity of the group research project. Membership in this group research project remains open, and CWMD intends to file additional written notifications disclosing all changes in membership.

On January 31, 2018, CWMD filed its original notification pursuant to section 6(a) of the Act. The Department of Justice published a notice in the *Federal Register* pursuant to section 6(b) of the Act on March 12, 2018 (83 FR 10750).

The last notification was filed with the Department on July 3, 2025. A notice was published in the *Federal Register* pursuant to section 6(b) of the Act on August 15, 2025 (90 FR 39422).

Suzanne Morris,

Deputy Director Civil Enforcement Operations, Antitrust Division.