American Science & Engineering gets $10m order

Globe Staff

American Science and Engineering Inc. announced today the receipt of a $10 million order from the US government for the service and maintenance of military trailers that use the company's screening technology.

In a press release, Billerica-based American Science and Engineering noted that its ZBV military trailer is a "rugged X-ray screening system" built onto a standard military trailer.

With the system's X-ray detection technology, security officials can use the ZBV military trailers for "screening vehicles, containers, and other cargo for terrorist threats and contraband" by simply by towing the trailer past the subjects or by remaining stationary while vehicles drive past the trailer, the company said.