In June 2016, it was announced that American Science and Engineering Inc (AS&E) (NASDAQ: ASEI) had been acquired by OSI Systems. Consummated inSeptemer 2016, the firmceased tradingi nits own right. In business long before SBIR was launched, AS&E was subsequently early involved in the program receiving its first SBIR in 1983. The firm went on to take awards from a major cross section of agencies in various arenas in which their technical capabilites were relevant. Early work involved a future Nobel Prize Winner, More recently, AES has vbeen focused to providing threat and contraband detection solutions for ports, borders, military, critical infrastructure, law enforcement, and aviation. The firm offers advanced x-ray inspection systems to combat terrorism, drug smuggling, illegal immigration and trade fraud. AS&E systems are designed in a variety of configurations for cargo and vehicle inspection, parcel inspection, and personnel screening. The companyâs product line is able to utilize a combination of technologies, including Z Backscatter technology, Radioactive Threat Detection (RTD), high-energy transmission and dual energy transmission x-ray. These technologies are able to offer superior x-ray threat detection for plastic explosives, plastic weapons, liquid explosives, dirty bombs and nuclear devices. AS&Eâs range of products includes cargo inspection systems for port and border security, baggage-screening systems for facility and aviation security, and personnel and passenger screening systems. AS&E systems are able to protect high-threat facilities in order to help combat terrorism, trade fraud, drug smuggling, weapon smuggling, illegal immigration and people smuggling. AS&E customers include leading government agencies, border authorities, military bases, airports and corporations worldwide, including the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS), U.S. Department of Defense (DoD), U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP), North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO), UK Border Agency (UKBA), Hong Kong Customs, and Abu Dhabi Custo
