Genasys Inc. is based in
San Diego, California
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. Its
long-range acoustic device
A long-range acoustic device (LRAD) is an acoustic hailing device (AHD), sound cannon and sonic weapon developed by Genasys. It has been used as a method of crowd control, which has caused permanent hearing damage, having an extremely high ...
(LRAD) products are used for long-range acoustic hailing and mass notification. The company was previously named American Technology Corporation (ATC) until 2010 and as LRAD Corporation until 2019.
The company's stock trades on the
NASDAQ Capital Market
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with the
ticker symbol
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"GNSS".
History
Genasys was founded in
Utah
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by
Elwood "Woody" Norris as the American Technology Corporation in 1980. From 1988 to early 1992 the company was inactive. Norris recapitalized the company as a
Delaware Corporation
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in 1992. 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 their long-range acoustic device (LRAD) product line. With the introduction of LRAD systems in 2003, the company created the acoustic hailing device (AHD) market, followed by the introduction of multidirectional mass notifications systems in 2012. The company acquired Genasys, a Spanish company based in Madrid and provider of location-based mass messaging solutions for emergency warning and workforce management in January 2018, and subsequently adopted the name Genasys for itself.
Products
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Long-range acoustic device
A long-range acoustic device (LRAD) is an acoustic hailing device (AHD), sound cannon and sonic weapon developed by Genasys. It has been used as a method of crowd control, which has caused permanent hearing damage, having an extremely high ...
(LRAD), which is a high-intensity directional acoustic array designed for long-range communication and mass notification.
References
External links
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