Matches in DBpedia 2016-04 for { ?s ?p "David Packouz (/pækhaʊs/; born February 16, 1982) is an American inventor, musician, former arms dealer, and subject of the 2016 American comedy film Arms and the Dudes.Packouz joined his partner Efraim Diveroli's arms company AEY Inc. in 2005; in 2007, the company won a contract from the United States Department of Defense to supply nearly $300 million worth of ammunition to the American-allied military of Afghanistan as part of the War on Terror. Due to a technicality involving an arms embargo against China, the U.S. government suspended AEY for infringing upon the terms of its contract, although the ammunition had been \"serviceable without qualification\" as required by contract. Documents showed that the company totaled more than $200 million in contracts to supply ammunition, assault rifles, and other weapons in 2007, despite the fact that Packouz and Diveroli were in their early 20s at the time. As a result of the publicity surrounding the contract and the age of the arms dealers, the United States Army began a review of its contracting procedures.A musician, Packouz later went on to invent a critically acclaimed guitar pedal drum machine, the BeatBuddy. Packouz's BeatBuddy became the best-selling musical item or accessory on Indiegogo, and one of its most successful campaigns ever."@en }
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- David_Packouz abstract "David Packouz (/pækhaʊs/; born February 16, 1982) is an American inventor, musician, former arms dealer, and subject of the 2016 American comedy film Arms and the Dudes.Packouz joined his partner Efraim Diveroli's arms company AEY Inc. in 2005; in 2007, the company won a contract from the United States Department of Defense to supply nearly $300 million worth of ammunition to the American-allied military of Afghanistan as part of the War on Terror. Due to a technicality involving an arms embargo against China, the U.S. government suspended AEY for infringing upon the terms of its contract, although the ammunition had been \"serviceable without qualification\" as required by contract. Documents showed that the company totaled more than $200 million in contracts to supply ammunition, assault rifles, and other weapons in 2007, despite the fact that Packouz and Diveroli were in their early 20s at the time. As a result of the publicity surrounding the contract and the age of the arms dealers, the United States Army began a review of its contracting procedures.A musician, Packouz later went on to invent a critically acclaimed guitar pedal drum machine, the BeatBuddy. Packouz's BeatBuddy became the best-selling musical item or accessory on Indiegogo, and one of its most successful campaigns ever.".