| Traded as | NASDAQ: ASEI |
|---|---|
| Industry | Instrumentation |
| Founded | 1958 |
| Headquarters | Billerica, Massachusetts |
| Revenue | $166 million (2010)[1] |
| Employees | 360[1] |
| Website | www.as-e.com |
American Science and Engineering Inc, (AS&E) is a US manufacturer of 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 backscatter X-ray equipment for airports and other locations where security scanning is required, and has developed a mobile backscatter X-ray van (ZBV).[2][3]
AS&E is listed on the NASDAQ (ASEI).