and engineering inc. type public acquisition by osi systems pending traded as nasdaq asei industry instrumentation founded 1958 headquarters billerica massachusetts revenue 126.7 million 2015 1 number of employees 245 2 website www.as e.com american science and engineering inc as & e is an american manufacturer of advanced x ray equipment and related technologies originating in 1958 as a developer for nasa with an early focus on x ray astronomy led by riccardo giacconi . 1 among other developments giacconi s team made possible the einstein observatory the first full imaging x ray telescope launched 1978 and giacconi s work at as & e saw him win the 2002 nobel prize in physics . 1 among other things as & e provides both transmission x ray and backscatter x ray equipment for airports seaports critical infrastructures border crossings and other locations where security scanning is required . as & e has also developed a mobile backscatter x ray van zbv . 3 4 in june of 2016 osi systems offered to purchase the company for 269 million the deal needs to be approved by regulators and shareholders but this is expected before the end of 2016 . 2 last year as & e made 64 million profit on 278 million revenue . 1 references edit a b c as & e history a b harris david l. 2016 06 21 . california company to buy american science and engineering for 269m . boston business journal . retrieved 2016 06 22 . forbes 24 august 2010 full body scan technology deployed in street roving vans dave lindorff counterpunch 1 october 2010 now the government is x raying you while you drive external links edit american science and engineering website this united states manufacturing company related article is a stub . you can help wikipedia by expanding it . v t e retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title american science and engineering & oldid 741675155 categories x ray equipment manufacturersmanufacturing companies based in massachusettscompanies based in billerica massachusettsamerican companies established in 1958manufacturing companies established in 19581958 establishments in massachusettscompanies listed on nasdaqunited states manufacturing company stubshidden categories all stub articles navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 29 september 2016 at 00 38 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view