founded utah u.s. 1980 founder woody norris headquarters san diego california u.s. key people tom brown chairman laura m. clague director helen c. adams director admiral ray smith director thomas r. brown chairman president and ceo katherine h. mcdermott chief financial officer robert putnam media & investor relations products long range acoustic device lrad rx lrad 1000xi lrad 1000x lrad 1000 lrad 500x lrad 300x lrad 300xi lrad 100x website lrad corporation lrad corporation is based in san diego california . its long range acoustic device lrad product is used for long range communications crowd control and distant hailing . the company was previously named american technology corporation atc until 2010 . 2 the company s stock trades on the nasdaq capital market with the ticker symbol lrad . 3 contents 1 company history 2 products 3 external links 4 references company history edit lrad was founded in utah by inventor entrepreneur elwood woody norris as the american technology corporation in 1980 entity 734088 0142 . 4 from 1988 to early 1992 the company was inactive . norris recapitalized the company as a delaware corporation in 1992 . 5 in 1996 the company launched its first directed sound technology and began engineering sound solutions for the commercial government and military markets . in response to the october 2000 attack on the uss cole the company s engineering team developed the long range acoustic device lrad . with the introduction of lrad systems in 2003 the company entered the acoustic hailing device ahd market . today lrad directional sound systems are being used around the world in diverse applications including fixed and mobile military deployments maritime security critical infrastructure and perimeter security commercial security border and port security law enforcement and emergency responder communications and wildlife preservation and control . products edit long range acoustic device lrad which is a high intensity directional acoustic array designed for long range communication and warning . 6 external links edit official web site investor information on yahoo finance sec filings patents owned by atc . us patent & trademark office . references edit company profile for lrad corporation . retrieved 2008 10 21 . http listofcompanies.co.in lrad corporation stockholders approve american technology s name change to lrad corporation company press release . march 25 2010 utah business entity search american technology corporation 10qsb for year ending 6 30 1996 american technology ships 1.5 million in lrad orders . www.freshnews.com . retrieved 2007 04 06 . external link in publisher help retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title lrad corporation & oldid 743674898 categories electronics companies of the united statestechnology companies based in californiacompanies based in san diegoelectronics companies established in 19801980 establishments in californiacompanies listed on nasdaqhidden categories cs1 errors external linkspages using infobox company with unsupported parameters 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 10 october 2016 at 17 34 . 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