[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 42 (Friday, March 2, 2001)]
[Notices]
[Page 13081]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-5070]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

Antitrust Division


Notice Pursuant to the National Cooperative Research and 
Production Act of 1993--Aerospace Vehicle Systems Institute (``AVSI'') 
Cooperative

    Notice is hereby given that, on June 7, 2000, pursuant to Section 
6(a) of the National Cooperative Research and Production Act of 1993, 
15 U.S.C. 4301 et seq. (``the Act''), Aerospace Vehicle Systems 
Institute (``AVSI'') Cooperative has filed written notifications 
simultaneously with the Attorney General and the Federal Trade 
Commission disclosing changes in its membership and production status. 
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, Honeywell, Inc., 
Phoenix, AZ; and Allied Signal, Inc., Bellevue, WA have merged to form 
Honeywell International, Inc., Morristown, NJ. BFGoodrich, Charlotte, 
NC, acting through its BFGoodrich Aerospace Division, and Smith 
Industries, Grand Rapids, MI acting through its Smiths Industries 
Aerospace Division have been added as parties to this venture. 
Additionally, the AVSI Cooperative intends to work on the following 
joint research project: ``Certification Issues for Embedded Object 
Oriented Software''--To investigate issues concerning the use of 
embedded object-oriented software in aerospace systems which require 
certification via the FAA DO-178B. The project will investigate 
advantages, study issues and recommend guidelines for the use of 
specific object-oriented, embedded software in safety-critical systems.
    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 Aerospace Vehicle Systems Institute 
(``AVSI'') Cooperative intends to file additional written notification 
disclosing all changes in membership.
    On November 18, 1998, Aerospace Vehicle Systems Institute 
(``AVSI'') Cooperative 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 February 
18, 1999 (64 FR 8123).
    The last notification was filed with the Department on September 
21, 1999. A notice was published in the Federal Register pursuant to 
Section 6(b) of the Act on March 22, 2000 (65 FR 15174).

Constance K. Robinson,
Director of Operations, Antitrust Division.
[FR Doc. 01-5070 Filed 3-1-01; 8:45 am]
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