[Federal Register Volume 67, Number 75 (Thursday, April 18, 2002)]
[Notices]
[Pages 19252-19253]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 02-9401]


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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 March 14, 2002, pursuant to section 
6(a) of the National Cooperative Research and Production Act of 1993, 
15 U.S.C. 4301 et seg. (``the Act''), the 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, Parker Hannifin 
Corporation, acting through its Parker Aerospace Division, Irvine, CA 
and Hamilton Sunstrand, acting through its Hamilton Sundstrand 
Aerospace Division, Rockford, IL have been dropped as parties to this 
venture.
    Furthermore, the AVSI Cooperative intends to undertake the 
following joint research projects:
    ``Requirements Development for Web-Based Technical Publications''--
To investigate how structured information management technology can 
facilitate the creation and dissemination of technical and maintenance

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documentation throughout the life cycle of an aerospace vehicle system 
or component.
    ``Mitigating Radiation Effects on Current and Future Avionics 
Systems''--To develop a set of guidelines to mitigate atmospheric 
radiation effects on current and future aircraft avionics systems and 
electronics devices.
    ``Methods to Account for Accelerated Semiconductor Device Wear 
Out''--To develop methods to evaluate mechanisms and accommodate the 
effects of accelerated semiconduct device wear out on avionics system 
design, production and support. This also includes developing methods 
to account for shorter lifetimes in avionics system safety and 
reliability analysis.
    ``Thermal Management of COTS Based Avionics''--To investigate 
methods to determine and satisfy thermal management requirements for 
avionics systems using current and future commercial off the shelf 
components and assemblies. This includes investigating new cooling 
techniques using both analytical and experimental methods to evaluate 
tradeoffs between functional and environmental control system 
requirements.
    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 the AVSI Cooperative intends to file 
additional written notification disclosing all changes in membership.
    On November 18, 1998, the 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 June 18, 
2001. A notice was published in the Federal Register pursuant to 
section 6(b) of the Act on August 10, 2001 (66 FR 42237).

Constance K. Robinson,
Director of Operations, Antitrust Division.
[FR Doc. 02-9401 Filed 4-17-02; 8:45 am]
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