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