May 4 -- Scientists and environmental groups are waging a last ditch effort to bar the Navy from operating a new type of sonar they fear could be deadly to many species of whales. The Navy is in the ...
The Navy said it will rely on a different type of sonar during exercises off of Hawaii after environmentalists won a temporary restraining order stopping the service from using a high-intensity sonar ...
SAN DIEGO — The U.S. Navy plans to increase sonar testing over the next five years, even as research it funded reveals worrying signs that the loud underwater noise could disturb whales and dolphins.
Northrop Grumman has successfully demonstrated the integration of its AN/AQS-24 minehunting system with a Mine ...
LOS ANGELES — The Navy must follow environmental laws placing strict limits on sonar training that opponents argue harms whales, despite President Bush’s decision to exempt it, a federal judge ruled ...
Two summers ago more than 150 disoriented melon-headed whales stranded themselves in Hanalei Bay while the U.S. Navy and its allies used sonar in a nearby war game. An April report by the National ...
HONOLULU — The Navy is refusing to detail its sonar use for a federal court in a case involving potential harm to whales, saying the information could jeopardize national security. Complying with a ...
Several Supreme Court justices seemed skeptical Wednesday about a federal judge's decision to protect whales and other marine life off the California coast by limiting the Navy's use of sonar. The ...