BILLERICA, Mass., 1 Jan. 2008. American Science and Engineering Inc., maker of x-ray detection technology, has received a $20 million follow-on order from a Middle East Customs Agency to fund the second-phase of a $45 million contract for multiple OmniView Gantry Shaped Energy Systems. The first-phase of the contract had been funded at $25 million in March of 2006.
"We have a long-standing relationship with this customer to provide a full range of products offerings to secure their strategic ports and borders," said Anthony Fabiano, President and CEO. "The OmniView Gantry's multi-view, multi-technology capability offers manifest verification and superior detection of threats and contraband. We are working closely with this Customs Agency to install these additional OmniView systems at their seaports. This follow-on order attests to their satisfaction with AS&E's comprehensive solutions for port security."
The OmniView Gantry Shaped Energy System is the only multi-view relocatable system available today that combines high-energy transmission inspection plus multiple Z Backscatter™ X-ray views. The combination of technologies delivers the most reliable means of detecting contraband and threatening materials, such as weapons and explosives hidden in cargo containers, tankers, and large vehicles. OmniView Shaped Energy Gantry provides high penetration into inspected objects. The System's scanning platform operates by moving on rails past stationary vehicles and cargo. The System is bi-directional allowing for a high throughput of approximately 2 trucks per scan, 24 trucks per hour.
