Ship Ahoy!! ATCO sets sail..
American Technology Corporation's Sound
Reproduction Technologies Installed Aboard
USS Winston S. Churchill
Installation Performed by Bath Iron Works Aboard Navy
Ship
SAN DIEGO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--July 20, 2001-- American Technology
Corporation (Nasdaq:ATCO - news), a licensor of innovative new sound
technologies, today announced that the Guided Missile Destroyer USS Winston
S. Churchill (DDG-81), has installed aboard it sound reproduction technologies
supplied by American Technology Corp. and installed by Bath Iron Works, a
General Dynamics Company (NYSE:GD - news).
The ship, launched from the East Coast of the United States this week for sea
trials and operations around the British Isles, includes installations of
HyperSonic(TM) Sound (HSS(TM)), Stratified Field(TM), and NeoPlanar(TM)
sound reproduction technologies. The installation includes a large array of
Stratified Field devices in the hangar deck. A single HSS system and two
NeoPlanar devices are installed in other unrelated compartments.
First launched from Bath, Maine, in April 1999, the Churchill is outfitted with a
variety of new radio communications, digital data transmission, and computer
equipment from several major defense contractors.
``We are proud to have our technologies on board this magnificent,
state-of-the-art Navy vessel,'' stated Terry Conrad, President of American
Technology Corp. ``The SFT installation solves intelligibility and clarity
problems common to the large, box-shaped, steel walled hangar deck when
competing methods are used. Our HSS and NeoPlanar technologies installed on
board improve clarity of communication in other critical areas.
``There are additional opportunities with certain United States Army and Navy
agencies for us to develop and produce our sound reproduction technologies for
further use in communications systems, including systems for military ships,
vehicles, and ground-based personnel. We will continue to pursue
government-related applications for our technology in parallel to our licensing
and product development work in the consumer and commercial arenas.'' |
