Committee Holds Hearing on AEY Contracts with the U.S. Government
The Committee on Oversight and Government Reform held a hearing titled, “Examination of AEY Contracts with the U.S. Government” on Tuesday, June 24, 2008, in 2154 Rayburn House Office Building.
The hearing addressed failures by AEY, Inc., to provide weapons and ammunition under contracts with the United States Government, and the deficiencies within the government that allowed AEY to be awarded these and other contracts. A preliminary transcript of this hearing is now available.
The following witnesses testified:
Brigadier General William N. Phillips, U.S. Army, Commanding General, Picatinny Arsenal, Commander, Joint Munitions and Lethality Life Cycle Management Command
Mitchell A. Howell, Executive Director, Ground Systems and Munitions Division, Defense Contract Management Agency, U.S. Department of Defense
Stephen D. Mull, Acting Assistant Secretary of State, Bureau of Political Military Affairs, U.S. Department of State
Jeffrey Parsons, Executive Director, Army Contracting Command
Documents and Links
- Chairman Waxman's Opening Statement
- Testimony of William Phillips and Jeffrey Parsons
- Majority Staff Analysis: The AEY Investigation
- Testimony of Mitchell Howell
- Email Exchange Regarding AEY Supplied Helmets
- Letter Terminating AEY Contract
- Watchlist Information for AEY, Inc.
- Recommendation of Contract Award to AEY, Inc.
- Letter from AEY, Inc. VP Ralph Merrill
- Email Regarding AEY, Inc. Past Performance Evaluation
- Preliminary Hearing Transcript