Maritime Safety

LRAD innovated acoustic hailing devices (AHDs) in response to the deadly October 2000 attack on the USS Cole. While equipped with an arsenal of lethal force, the sailors on the U.S. destroyer had no way to determine the intent of the suicide mission bent on destroying them until it was too late.

Every U.S. Navy surface combatant, 31 international Naval forces, and many superyachts, cruise liners, and commercial maritime ships deploy LRAD systems to hail and warn, alert and notify, determine intent, establish large standoff zones, resolve uncertain situations, initiate and scale EOF, and save lives.

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Protecting Ships, Crew, and Passengers

Ship & Crew Protection

Hail, warn, and communicate to vessels not responding to radio calls, determine intent, extend ship exclusion zones, initiate & scale EOF.

Cruise Liners

LRAD gained worldwide attention in 2005 by preventing pirates from boarding the luxury cruise liner, Seabourn Spirit, off the coast of Somalia and taking the crew and 151 passengers hostage.

Superyachts

Extend exclusion zones out to 3,000 meters to provide captain and crew more time and distance to determine intent, assess the situation, and scale responses commensurate to the threat.

Naval Forces

Every U.S. Navy surface combatant and 31 international Naval forces and Coast Guards rely on LRAD systems for ship-to-ship communications when approaching vessels do not respond to radio calls, for interdictions at sea, and UNREPS.

LRAD systems are in service in more than 100 countries and 550 U.S. cities in diverse applications.

LRAD Maritime Safety Products

LRAD systems deliver live or recorded voice messages with exceptional clarity for any operational scenario. Optimized to the primary range of hearing, LRAD’s Advanced Driver and Waveguide Technology ensure every broadcast is clearly heard and understood, even above wind, engine, and background noise.

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LRAD Maritime Safety Use Cases

Read our LRAD Maritime Safety Case Studies as well as many others from civil unrest to armed conflicts, emergency notifications to evacuation warnings, critical infrastructure protection to wildlife preservation, commercial maritime to naval security, search & rescue to humanitarian operations, Long Range Acoustic Devices save lives.

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LRAD Maritime Safety in Action

View our library of LRAD videos and see how our Long Range Acoustic Devices are used in various applications around the world.

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LRAD system deployed toward oncoming vessel.

LRAD speakers mounted on a military ship.

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