Active Camouflage Technologies Come of Age

摘要

Currently, infantry reconnaissance and infiltration operations are performed with conventional camouflage designed to conceal the soldier using two basic elements: colour and pattern. However, military operations in urban environments are becoming more prevalent in which the optimum colour and pattern could continuously change by the minute. For example, a soldier wearing a green colouration pattern would stand out against a white wall. An active camouflage system would continuously update the colour and pattern, concealing the soldier in the current environment.