Federal Register / Vol. 66, No. 42 / Friday, March 2, 2001 / Notices 13081

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 status and planned

activities. 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, Textron Company, acting

through its Cessna Aircraft Company,

Wichita, KS; and Science Applications

International Corporation, San Diego,

CA have been added as parties to this

venture. Also, Moog Inc., East Aurora,

NY has been dropped as a party to this

venture. Additionally, the AVSI

Cooperative intends to undertake the

following joint research projects:

‘‘Systems Engineering and

Information Management II—

Collaborative Development’’—To

investigate methods for electronic

connections, corporate proprietary

policies, and recommended tools for a

prototype secure, electronic

collaboration capability to allow

multiple supplier participation in

aerospace systems development.

‘‘Tools and Best Practices for

Implementing RTCA D254’’—To

generate guidance, templates, tools, key

documents/artifacts and examples to

allow aerospace electronic suppliers to

efficiently incorporate the requirements

of RTCA D254, ‘‘Design Assurance

Guidance for Airborne Electronic

Hardware’’ into their electronic

hardware design process.

‘‘Develop the ‘How-To’ of a Qualified

Compiler and Linker’’—To develop a

technical plan for the development of a

qualified compiler & linker that can be

used with auto-code generation

capabilities of several modeling and

simulation tools to improve the software

requirement, development and

validation process.

‘‘Electronic Component Parts

Obsolescence Forecasting Tool, Phase 1

Software Tool Development’’—To

develop a software tool to forecast when

an electronic component is likely to

become obsolete in order to provide

guidance for long term parts

management.

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 ‘‘AVSI’’

Cooperative intends to file additional

written notification disclosing all

changes in membership.

On November 18, 1998, 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 7, 2000. A

notice has not yet been published in the

Federal Register.

Constance K. Robinson,

Director of Operations, Antitrust Division.

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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 objectoriented 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.

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U.S. DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

Antitrust Division

Notice Pursuant to the National

Cooperative Research and Production

Act of 1993—Auto Body Consortium

Inc.: Near Zero Stamping

Notice is hereby given that, on

January 16, 2001, pursuant to Section

6(a) of the National Cooperative

Research and Production Act of 1993,

15 U.S.C. 4301 et seq. ( ‘‘the Act’’ ), Auto

Body Consortium, Inc. has filed written

notifications simultaneously with the

Attorney General and the Federal Trade

Commission disclosing changes in its

membership 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, Troy Design and

Manufacturing, Redford, MI became a

100%-owned subsidiary of Ford Motor

Company, Dearborn, MI, though it has

retained its name and continues to

operate as a stand-alone company. Also,

Data Instruments Inc., Acton, MA

merged with Honeywell Sensing and

Control to become Honeywell Data

Instruments, Acton, MA.

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 Auto Body

Consortium, Inc. intends to file

additional written notification

disclosing all changes in membership.

On September 14, 1995, Auto Body

Consortium, Inc. filed its original

notification pursuant to Section 6(a) of