Active Camouflage for Vehicles Gets Real

September 19, 2011
By David Crane

And, speaking of BAE Systems, they're currently developing a thermal/IR (infrared) adaptive camouflage/"invisibility cloak" technology/sytem called ADAPTIV. Catchy. Adaptiv is comprised of sheets of hexagonal "pixels"/panels that "can change temperature very rapidly". ADAPTIV (as in "adaptive camouflage") would appear to work in a similar fashion as ELTICS Black Fox active/adaptive thermal/IR camo tech, which DefenseReview (DR) reported on back in April (2011).

Like Black Fox, the Adaptiv thermal/IR adaptive camo system uses on-board cameras to capture the background and surrounding scenery and display the corresponding thermal/IR image on on the vehicle's Adaptiv pixelated/paneled skin. The Adaptiv hexagonal pixel/panel matrix can also mimic another vehicle's thermal/IR signature for the purpose of misdirection and subterfuge, as well as display identification tags to reduce the chance of fratricide (friendly fire casualties). the rest