Experimental side-scan sonar systems were made during the 1950s in laboratories including Scripps Institution of Oceanography and Hudson Laboratories and by Dr. Harold Edgerton at MIT.
Eksperimentielle side-scan sonar systemer blev lavet igennem 1950'erne i laboratorier inklusiv Scripps Institution of Oceanography, Hudson Laboratories og af Dr. Harold Edgerton ved MIT i 1960'erne.