[Federal Register: November 22, 2004 (Volume 69, Number 224)]
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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

Antitrust Division

 
Notice Pursuant to the National Cooperative Research and 
Production Act of 1993--American Institute of Aeronautics and 
Astronautics, Inc.

    Notice is hereby given that, on September 21, 2004, pursuant to 
section 6(a) of the National Cooperative Research and Production Act of 
1993, 15 U.S.C. 4301 et seq. (``the Act''), American Institute of 
Aeronautics and Astronautics, Inc. (``AIAA'') has filed written 
notifications simultaneously with the Attorney General and the Federal 
Trade Commission disclosing (1) the name and principal place of 
business of the standards development organization and (2) the nature 
and scope of its standards development activities. 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 name and principal place 
of business of the standards development organization is: American 
Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Inc., Reston, VA. The nature 
and scope of AIAA's standards development activities are: The 
development, maintenance, and publishing of standards relating to 
aerodynamic decelerators; the motion of artificial bodies in space; 
atmospheric and space environments with emphasis on scientific models; 
computational fluid dynamics applicable to aeronautics and 
astronautics; the requirements for humans in development and operation 
of aerospace systems; application for specific characteristics of 
computer software for aerospace use; handling, storage, and use of 
hydrogen in gaseous liquid and slush form; handling, storage and use of 
liquid propellants; methods for mitigating the generation of orbital 
debris including debris flux models and vocabulary; the architecture 
and interfaces necessary for effective spacecraft servicing; 
performance parameters related to the use of automation and robotics in 
space missions with emphasis on interfaces, reliability, and life cycle 
design; vocabulary, interfaces, safety practices, mission profiles, and 
other system design aids which will promote space transportation; basic 
aerospace design principles; the test and evaluation of aerospace 
equipment in ground-based facilities; methods for the systematic 
development of reliable systems, including acquisition management 
issues, methods for planning, implementing, and verifying a 
Performance-based Reliability and Maintainability (R&M) Program; 
support design of aerospace structures, including future requirements 
for loads, materials, processes, configurations, life cycles, and 
tests.
    Additional information may be obtained from David J. Quackenbush, 
Treasurer and Secretary of the American Institute of Aeronautics and 
Astronautics, Inc., e-mail daveq@aiaa.org.

Dorothy B. Fountain,
Deputy Director of Operations, Antitrust Division.
[FR Doc. 04-25856 Filed 11-19-04; 8:45 am]

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