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By Cal Biesecker

Tuesday, April 8th, 2014

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AS&E Announces Major Order for ZBVs, Other Systems American Science & Engineering [ASEI] has received its largest single international order for 33 Z Backscatter Van (ZBV) mobile screening systems, 33, topping an order for 28 systems earlier this year from a Middle East channel partner. The company didn’t disclose the customer for the new order. Separately, AS&E says it has received an order for six Z Portal multi-view X-Ray screening systems for checkpoint security from a new customer in the…

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