EXHIBIT 2.7

                                FOURTH AMENDMENT
                                       TO
                            ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION
                                       OF
                   ADVANCED COMMUNICATIONS TECHNOLOGIES, INC.



1.    The name of the  Corporation  is Advanced  Communications  Technologies,
Inc.,  f/k/a Media  Forum  International,  Inc.,  a Florida  corporation  (the
"Corporation").

2.    The Articles of  Incorporation of Media Forum  International,  Inc. were
filed on March 6, 1997 with the Florida  Department  of State and was assigned
Document No. P97000020967.

3.    Article III of the Articles of  Incorporation  is hereby amended to read
as follows:

                           ARTICLE III. Capital Stock

      The maximum number of shares of stock that this  corporation is authorized
to have  outstanding  at any one time is  225,000,000  shares.  Of such  shares,
200,000,000  shall be common stock having no par value per share.  The remaining
shares  shall be shares  of  Preferred  Stock,  par value  $.01 per  share.  The
Preferred Stock may be issued from time to time by authorization of the Board of
Directors of this  Corporation with such rights,  designations,  preferences and
other terms as the Board of Directors shall determine from time to time.

4.    A new Article VIII is hereby added to the Articles of  Incorporation  to
read as follows:

                          ARTICLE VIII. Indemnification

      The Corporation shall indemnify and hold harmless its officers, directors,
employees  and  agents  from  actions   arising  from  their   services  to  the
Corporation, in any such capacity, to the fullest extent permitted by laws.

5. The foregoing  amendments were adopted by the Shareholders of the Corporation
on September 11, 2001. The number of votes cast for the amendment was sufficient
for approval by the Shareholders.

IN WITNESS  WHEREOF,  the  undersigned  Chairman of the Board has executed these
Articles of Amendment, this 20th day of September, 2001.


                                          -----------------------------
                                          Roger T. May
                                          Chairman of the Board and
                                          Chief Executive Officer