Abu Dhabi Customs has placed a $55.1 million order with American Science and Engineering [ASEI] to deliver and install multiple OmniView, Z Portal, and Z Backscatter Van X-Ray systems, marking the largest international order ever received by the company. The detection systems will be used to scan cargo trucks, passenger vehicles, and containers at strategic border checkpoints. AS&E declined to provide timing on the deliveries. Stanford Group security analyst Josephine Millward says that the ZBV portion of the deal is less than 20 percent and that the company’s management expects most of the systems to be shipped in the next 12 months. She adds that the order “validates” AS&E’s diversification of its customer and product base and expects the award will provide the company with upside to its FY ’09 financial results.