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EXHIBIT 10.1

                            Certificate of Amendment

                            CERTIFICATE OF AMENDMENT
                                       OF
                          CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION
                                       OF
                              PAWNBROKER.COM, INC.

     Pursuant  to Section  242 of the  General  Corporation  Law of the State of
Delaware, PAWNBROKER.COM, INC., a Delaware corporation (the "Corporation"), DOES
HEREBY CERTIFY:

     FIRST: That the name of the Corporation is PAWNBROKER.COM, INC.

     SECOND:  That the Board of Directors of the Corporation,  acting by consent
in lieu of a special meeting pursuant to Section 141 of the General  Corporation
Law of the State of Delaware,  duly authorized and adopted resolutions on May 4,
2001,  setting forth proposed  amendments to the Certificate of Incorporation of
the Corporation  and declaring said amendments to be advisable and  recommending
approval  of  such  amendment  by  the  stockholders  of  the  Corporation.  The
resolution setting forth the proposed amendments is as follows:

         FURTHER RESOLVED:  that, upon stockholder approval,  the Certificate of
         Incorporation  of the  Corporation  be  amended  to: (i)  decrease  the
         authorized  share  capital of the  Corporation  by  reducing  the total
         number of  authorized  shares of capital  stock from One Hundred  Fifty
         Million (150,000,000) shares,  consisting of one hundred million shares
         (100,000,000)  of Common Stock,  par value $0.0001 per share, and fifty
         million shares  (50,000,000) of Preferred  Stock, par value $0.0001 per
         share,  to  Sixty  Million  (60,000,000)  shares,  consisting  of fifty
         million  shares  (50,000,000)  of Common  Stock,  par value $0.0001 per
         share,  and ten million shares  (10,000,000)  of Preferred  Stock,  par
         value  $0.0001  per share,  effective  at 5:00 p.m.  (Eastern  Daylight
         Savings Time) on August 1, 2001 (the "Effective Time"); and (ii) effect
         a 1 for 10 combination of the 50,803,567 issued and outstanding  shares
         of Common  Stock of the  Corporation,  with a par value of $0.0001,  so
         that the issued and outstanding share capital of the Corporation, after
         such reverse split, shall consist of approximately 5,080,357 issued and
         outstanding  shares  of  Common  Stock,  with a par  value of  $0.0001,
         effective at the Effective  Time, by amending  subparagraph  (a) of the
         FOURTH paragraph of the Certificate of Incorporation in its entirety as
         follows:

                    (a) Authorized  Capital Stock. The total number of shares of
                    capital stock which the  Corporation  is authorized to issue
                    shall be sixty million  (60,000,000)  shares,  consisting of
                    fifty million shares (50,000,000) of common stock, par value
                    $0.0001 per share ("Common  Stock"),  and ten million shares
                    (10,000,000) of preferred stock, par value $0.0001 per share
                    ("Preferred  Stock").  The Fifty Million Eight Hundred Three
                    Thousand Five Hundred Sixty-Seven (50,803,567) shares of
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                    issued and outstanding Common Stock of the Corporation, with
                    a par value of $0.0001,  either  issued and  outstanding  or
                    held by the Corporation as treasury stock, immediately prior
                    to 5:00 P.M.  (Eastern  Daylight  Savings Time) on August 1,
                    2001  (the  "Effective   Time"),   shall  be   automatically
                    reclassified  and changed (without further act) so that each
                    ten (10) shares of Common  Stock issued and  outstanding  at
                    the Effective  Time shall  represent one (1)  fully-paid and
                    non-assessable  shares of Common Stock,  with a par value of
                    $0.0001. All warrants, stock options, convertible debentures
                    and other  rights to obtain or hold  shares of Common  Stock
                    existing  immediately prior to the Effective Time shall also
                    be  subject  to  the  one-share  for  ten-share  combination
                    described above.  Fractional shares resulting from the share
                    combination  described  above will be rounded up to the next
                    whole share.

     THIRD:  That thereafter,  pursuant to resolution of the Board of Directors,
an annual meeting of the  stockholders  of the  Corporation  was duly called and
held on July 5, 2001, upon notice in accordance  with  applicable  provisions of
the  General  Corporation  Law of the State of  Delaware,  at which  meeting the
necessary  number of shares as  required  by statue  were  voted in favor of the
amendment set forth in this Certificate of Amendment.

     FOURTH:  That this  amendment  shall be  effective  at 5:00  P.M.  (Eastern
Daylight Savings Time) on August 1, 2001.

     FIFTH:  That this  Certificate  of Amendment was duly adopted in accordance
with the provisions of Section 242 of the General  Corporation  Law of the State
of Delaware.

             DATED this 18th day of July, 2001.

                               By:  ___ /s/ William Galine__
                                    William Galine

                               Title: Vice President and Director

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State of Nevada                                  )
                                                 ) ss.
County of Washoe                                 )

         On July 18,  2001,  personally  appeared  before  me, a Notary  Public,
William  Galine,  Vice  President  and  Director of  Pawnbroker.com,  Inc.,  who
acknowledged that he executed the above instrument.

                                            ____/s/ Yvonne J. Kline_____
                                            Signature of Notary

Yvonne J. Kline
Notary Public - State of Nevada
Appointment Recorded in Washoe County
No. 92-1051-2  Expires May 11, 2004<PAGE>

                                                                    EXHIBIT 10.1

                                   AMENDMENT
                                      TO
                        NEWPORT NEWS SHIPBUILDING INC.
                  EMPLOYEE STOCK PURCHASE & ACCUMULATION PLAN

     The Newport News Shipbuilding Inc. Employee Stock Purchase & Accumulation
Plan (the "Plan") is hereby amended, effective immediately prior to the
Consummation of the Offer (as defined in the Agreement and Plan of Merger among
General Dynamics Corporation, Grail Acquisition Corporation and Newport News
Shipbuilding Inc., dated as of April 24, 2001), as follows:

     1.   A new Section 7.09 is added to read as follows:

          "Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in the Plan, (i) the
          scheduled Exercise Date in respect of the Offering Period in effect
          immediately prior to the Effective Time (as defined in the Agreement
          and Plan of Merger among General Dynamics Corporation, Grail
          Acquisition Corporation and Newport News Shipbuilding Inc., dated as
          of April 24, 2001 (the "Merger Agreement")) shall be accelerated, and
          all unexercised rights to purchase shares of Common Stock pursuant to
          then outstanding Options shall be automatically exercised not later
          than immediately prior to the Effective Time, (ii) solely to permit a
          Participant to tender shares of Company common stock into the Offer
          (as defined in the Merger Agreement), the holding periods described in
          the last sentence of Section 7.08 shall be waived immediately prior to
          the Consummation of the Offer (as defined in the Merger Agreement) and
          (iii) the Plan shall terminate at the Effective Time."

     Full Force and Effect.  Except as expressly amended hereby, the Plan shall
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continue in full force and effect in accordance with the terms thereof on the
date hereof.
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     Governing Law.  This Amendment shall be governed by and construed in
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accordance with the laws of the Commonwealth of Virginia applicable to
agreements made and entirely to be performed within such jurisdiction.

     IN WITNESS WHEREOF, this Amendment is hereby executed this _____ day of
______, 2001.

                                   NEWPORT NEWS SHIPBUILDING INC.

                                   By:_______________________
                                      Vice President, Human
                                      Resources and EH&S

ATTEST:

By:________________________
Title:<PAGE>

                                                                    EXHIBIT 10.2

                                FIFTH AMENDMENT
                                      TO
                        NEWPORT NEWS SHIPBUILDING INC.
                          DEFERRED COMPENSATION PLAN

     The Newport News Shipbuilding Inc. Deferred Compensation Plan (the "Plan")
is hereby amended, effective immediately prior to the Consummation of the Offer
(as defined in the Agreement and Plan of Merger among General Dynamics
Corporation, Grail Acquisition Corporation and Newport News Shipbuilding Inc.,
dated as of April 24, 2001), as follows:

     1.   Section 2.06 (the definition of "Change in Control") is amended by
          adding a new clause (vi)  to read as follows:

          "(vi)  the Consummation of the Offer (as defined in the Agreement and
                 Plan of Merger among General Dynamics Corporation, Grail
                 Acquisition Corporation and the Company, dated as of April 24,
                 2001)."

     2.   A new Section 7.07 is hereby added to read as follows:

          "7.07  Termination Upon a Change in Control.  Notwithstanding anything
          to the contrary in the Plan, and notwithstanding any Participant's
          prior elections with respect to distribution of the Participant's
          Account, upon the occurrence of a Change in Control, the Company shall
          pay each Participant as soon as practicable following such Change in
          Control an amount in cash equal to the amount credited to such
          Participant's Account, and this Plan shall terminate following such
          payments.  For purposes of this Section 7.07, (i) the amount credited
          to the portion of a Participant's Account (including any Company Match
          Account) that is deemed to be invested in the Newport News
          Shipbuilding Inc. Stock Index shall be valued assuming that the per
          share price of the Company's common stock on the date of such Change
          in Control is equal to the per share offer price paid or to
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          be paid by any person in connection with a tender offer for the shares
          of Company common stock (if such offer price is higher than the then
          current market per share price of the Company's common stock), and
          (ii) the amount credited to each Participant's Account shall be
          determined immediately following such Change in Control (and without
          regard to whether any such date would otherwise be a Quarterly
          Valuation Date)."

     Full Force and Effect.  Except as expressly amended hereby, the Plan shall
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continue in full force and effect in accordance with the terms thereof on the
date hereof.

     Governing Law.  This Amendment shall be governed by and construed in
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accordance with the laws of the Commonwealth of Virginia applicable to
agreements made and entirely to be performed within such jurisdiction.

          IN WITNESS WHEREOF, this Amendment is hereby executed this _____ day
of ________, 2001.

                                   NEWPORT NEWS SHIPBUILDING INC.

                                   By:_______________________
                                      Vice President, Human
                                      Resources and EH&S

ATTEST:

By:_________________________
Title:

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