The US Army is calling on industry to propose innovative, mobile camouflage systems (MCSs) that will better conceal its moving ground combat vehicles. On 27 July the service announced that it was seeking MCS white papers ahead of a potential prototyping competition and gave industry until 8 August to respond. "Ground combat vehicles, as key battlefield enablers, require additional signature management capability to ensure surviv-ability and effectiveness," the army wrote. "Beyond paint, the current methods of protecting combat vehicles on the move, or in hasty halt positions, include affixing either organic material, like freshly-cut branches, or scraps of Ultra-Lightweight Camouflage Net System (ULCANS) netting to the top and sides of the vehicles' exterior." However, these methods only provide "limited (if any) visual signature suppression", and do not provide moving vehicles with the "durable signature suppression" required for "ensured soldier survivability", the service explained.
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