[Federal Register Volume 73, Number 165 (Monday, August 25, 2008)]
[Notices]
[Page 50055]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E8-19617]


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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 documents E8-8623 appearing on page 22974 in the issue of 
Monday, April 28, 2008, and E8-16442 appearing on page 42366 in the 
issue of Monday, July 21, 2008, are hereby withdrawn and replaced by 
the following:
    Notice is hereby given that, on July 25, 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. (``ASAT'') 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, Boca Raton, FL; ACS International LLC, 
Overland Park, KS; Selex Sistemi Integrati, Inc., Overland Park, KS; 
University of Central Florida, Orlando, FL; Embry Riddle Aeronautical 
University, Daytona Beach, FL; JetSuite, Long Beach, CA; New Mexico 
State University, Las Cruces, NM; Unisys, Reston, VA; Mineta 
Transportation Institute/SJSU, San Jose, CA; SERCO, Reston, VA; Harris 
Corporation, Melbourne, FL; Destiny, Florida--The Pugliese Company, 
Delray Beach, FL; South Carolina Department of Commerce, West Columbia, 
SC; State of Florida, Tallahassee, FL; and City of Long Beach--Long 
Beach Airport, Long Beach, CA.
    The general area of ASAT'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); (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; (c) to support and 
facilitate the development of NextGen open, accessible standards, 
specifications, analytical tools, metrics, guidelines and solutions 
(collectively ``Specifications''); (d) to promote the adoption and use 
of said Prototypes and Specifications; (e) to support and facilitate 
the creation of testing and conformity assessment of implementations to 
ensure and facilitate compliance with Specifications; (f) to operate a 
branding program based upon distinctive trademarks to create high 
customers awareness of, demand for, and confidence in products, 
services, programs and other deliverables of ASAT; and (g) to undertake 
such other activities as may from time-to-time be appropriate to 
further the purposes discussed above.
    Membership in ASAT remains open and ASAT intends to file additional 
written notifications disclosing all changes in membership.

Patricia A. Brink,
Deputy Director of Operations, Antitrust Division.
[FR Doc. E8-19617 Filed 8-22-08; 8:45 am]
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