Innovative Vehicle Camouflage

The use of painted camouflage patterns on military hardware is a time-tested, cost-effective and practical countermeasure against human vision and aided vision target acquisition systems in many combat scenarios. However, the ability to integrate advanced patterns and optical effects is inherently limited by painting techniques. By contrast, advanced reel-to-reel film processing technologies yield very sophisticated film compositions, patterns and surface finishes not achievable by paint-based techniques. Primarily, the focus of this project will describe new developments related to an advanced surface barrier protection peel and stick appliqué system designed to include three dimensional camouflage patterns sublimed directly into the applique. The camouflage aspect of the applique is designed with the objective of achieving at least 20% signature reduction when incorporated onto large land vehicles and structures important to the U.S. Marine Corp. Further, this appliqué system will have both inherent and internally built-in capabilities for providing exceptional corrosion protection to all vehicles equipment and structures to which it will be applied