David Mordechai Packouz (/pækhaʊs/ born February 16, 1982) is an American former arms dealer, musician, inventor and entrepreneur. In 2005, Packouz (23 years old at the time) joined Efraim Diveroli (19 years old at the time) as a partner of Diveroli's arms company AEY Inc. By the end of 2006, the company had won 149 contracts worth around $10.5 million,. In early 2007, AEY Inc. secured a nearly $300 million U.S. government contract, to supply the Afghan Army with 100 million rounds of AK-47 ammunition, millions of rounds for SVD Dragunov sniper rifles, aviation rockets and other munitions. The ammo that AEY Inc. had secured in Albania to fulfill the contract had originally come from China, violating the terms of AEY's contract with the US Army, banning Chinese ammunition due to an American