[Federal Register Volume 73, Number 82 (Monday, April 28, 2008)]
[Notices]
[Pages 22974-22975]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E8-8623]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

Antitrust Division


Notice Pursuant to the National Cooperative Research and 
Production Act of 1993--Alliance for Sustainable Air Transportation, 
Inc.

    Notice is hereby given that, on March 14, 2008, pursuant to Section 
6(a) of the National Cooperative Research and Production Act of 1993, 
15 U.S.C. 4301 et seq. (``the Act''), Alliance for Sustainable Air 
Transportation, Inc. (``the Joint Venture'') 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: DayJet Corporation, Boca Raton, FL; Era Beyond 
Radar, Reston, VA; State of California Department of Transportation, 
Division of Aeronautics, Sacramento, CA; and General Dynamics 
Information Technology, Fairfax, VA. The Joint Venture was formed as a 
Delaware non-stock member corporation. The general area of the Joint 
Venture's planned activity is (a) To enable and promote a rapid 
transition in the United States to the ``Next Generation Air 
Transportation System'' (as envisioned by the Federal Aviation 
Administration's ``NextGen'' initiative); and (b) to support and 
facilitate the development and implementation of initial NextGen 
prototype systems (``Prototypes''), to foster, collaborate with and 
leverage the efforts of other NextGen initiatives; and (c) to support 
and facilitate the development of NextGen open, accessible standards,

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specifications, analytical tools, metrics, guidelines and solutions 
(collectively ``Specifications''); and (d) to promote the adoption and 
use of said Prototypes and Specifications; and (e) to support and 
facilitate the creation of testing and conformity assessment of 
implementations to ensure and facilitate compliance with 
Specifications; and (f) to operate a branding program based upon 
distinctive trademarks to create high customer awareness of, demand 
for, and confidence in products, services, programs and other 
deliverables of the Joint Venture; and (g) to undertake such other 
activities as may from time-to-time be appropriate to further the 
purposes discussed above. The Joint Venture is not engaged in and does 
not intend to engage in production activities.
    Membership in this group research project remains open and the 
Joint Venture intends to file additional written notifications 
disclosing all changes in membership.

Patricia A. Brink,
Deputy Director of Operations, Antitrust Division.
[FR Doc. E8-8623 Filed 4-25-08; 8:45 am]
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