American Technology Corp. Delivers Completed Hypersonic Sound Technology to Bath
Iron Works for
Implementation and Testing On Board Navy Ships
Business Editors and High-Tech Writers
SAN DIEGO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Aug. 16, 2000--American Technology
Corp. (NASDAQ:ATCO) Wednesday announced the delivery of HyperSonic
Sound (HSS(TM)) technology evaluation samples to Bath Iron Works, a
General Dynamics Company, per a development contract awarded by
NAVSEA.
Bath Iron Works, located in Bath, Maine, will conduct testing on
board a U.S. Navy Aegis Destroyer for a variety of applications to
determine where the attributes of HSS will best serve the Navy's
unique requirements.
This is the first shipment incorporating all of ATC's latest HSS
developments into evaluation samples. It incorporates ATC's patented
HSS emitter, fully digital modulation circuitry (patent-pending), and
digital amplifier. The company's new digital modulation circuitry
greatly enhances the clarity and narrowness of the highly directional
beam of sound.
"We are excited at the prospects for commercialization of HSS
after years of research and development. Our highly skilled team has
overcome numerous design issues and changes in component availability
to rework the technology to a platform that we believe we can
manufacture in the near term," said Con Brosnan, president and CEO of
ATC. "We believe that as people see and experience HSS, thousands of
new, innovative applications will be created and developed to utilize
our unique, patented technology."
HyperSonic Sound Technology, under development in the laboratories
of American Technology Corp. in San Diego, is a revolutionary sound
reproduction system. The most important quality of HSS(TM) is the
ability to direct or focus sound into a tight beam, similar to the
beam of light from a flashlight. Not since the development of the
"cone" loudspeaker more than 75 years ago has any technology provided
such significant departure from conventional speakers and such a
remarkable approach to the reproduction of sound |
