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Nextel Communications, Reston, renewed an information technology outsourcing contract with ACS of Dallas. The five-year agreement for management of Nextel’s customer care operations—serving more than 11 million subscribers-- is valued at $290 million with one three-year option. (PR Newswire)

BearingPoint, McLean, $13.8 million from the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey to identify and evaluate ways to improve security of cargo entering the ports without disrupting the normal flow of trade. (PR Newswire)

BWX Technologies, Lynchburg, a subsidiary of New Orleans’ McDermott International, several major U.S. government contracts worth more than $570 million for the manufacture of components for U.S. defense programs. BWXT supplies nuclear operations, services and products to the government and industry. (Business Wire)

General Dynamics, Falls Church, contracts for subsidiary operations: General Dynamics Ordinance and Technical Systems, Marion, Ill., $9.6 million for production of target practice ordinance (PR Newswire); General Dynamics Electric Boat, Groton, Conn., $222 million for conversion of the ballistic missile submarine USS Ohio to a multi-mission boat for tactical strike and special operations support (PR Newswire); General Dynamics Network Systems, Needham, Mass., $5 million to redesign the Air Force Combat Information Transport System’s Intranet to use latest network technologies in unclassified and classified network operations (PR Newswire); General Dynamics Land Systems, Sterling Heights, Mich., $2 billion from Boeing for development and testing of a new generation of smaller and lighter manned ground vehicles to replace the Army’s current tanks, artillery and infantry carriers. (PR Newswire)

Maximus, Reston, $24.5 million from the Department of Defense, for the independent evaluation of health care provided within the military’s health care system (Business Wire); $6.3 million to replace the state of Connecticut’s public safety information system with upgraded access to state and national law enforcement information. (Business Wire)

Northrop Grumman Information Technology, Herndon, $237 million over 10 years, for design and demonstration of a secure and integrated messaging and archive system for the U.S. Department of State to replace fragmented messaging systems, and facilitate retrieval of archival data for policy analysis. (PR Newswire)

Northrop Grumman Newport News, $27.9 million from the Navy for advanced planning, scheduling, engineering, material procurement in advance of planned overhaul of the aircraft carrier USS George Washington, scheduled for 2005 (Press release); $230 million from the Navy for completion of the overhaul of the aircraft carrier USS Eisenhower, increasing total contract for the Eisenhower’s overhaul to $2.5 billion. (Daily Press)