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American Management Systems, a Fairfax technology firm, and Infoglide Software, a business intelligence software provider from Austin, Texas, partnered to provide software solutions and consulting for government officials involved in the compilation and analysis of intelligence on terrorism. (PRNewswire)

Atlantic Coast Airlines, a Dulles-based carrier, entered into an agreement to acquire 25 Airbus A320 aircraft with options for more. The aircraft will serve as the basis for Atlantic’s new low-cost airline expected to begin service in late 2004. (PRNewswire)

BioPay, a Herndon company that provides secure transaction services, entered into an agreement with BI-LO, a Mauldin, S.C.-based supermarket chain, to use BioPay’s Paycheck Secure® check cashing system at 176 store locations in the southeast. The fingerprint-based system was tested in a 26-store pilot program that began in June. (PRNewswire)

SAVVIS Communications, a Herndon technology company, agreed to provide its financial transaction service to ValuBond of Atlanta, a provider of trading technologies for brokerages and professional traders. (Business Wire)

Virginia Tech and North Carolina State University have formed a partnership to jointly run the Forest Nutrition Research Cooperative, a venture for support applied research programs in forestry in the U.S. and abroad. (Press release)

Worldcom, a telecommunications services provider headquartered in Ashburn that’s now operating under the MCI brand name reached agreement with Sony Online Entertainment to provide high-speed Internet services to Sony’s online gaming servers around the United States. (PRNewswire)