NATO STO

Deception and Denial have historically played a key role in all levels of warfare. The requirement for effective Camouflage, Concealment, Deception (CC?D) continues to grow in importance as the modern and future battlefields are transformed by surveillance sensor and information systems (ISTAR) technologies, doctrine and practice. CC?D operational and tactical systems, or systems of systems, employing multi-spectral materials, when used properly, can significantly contribute to the survival of NATO forces on the complex and sensor rich battlefield environment described above. An important task, which has not yet been done, is to give an estimation of the effects of operational camouflage deployment. Therefore, the performance obtained during scientific testing shall be expressed in military terms such as the probability of being detected as a function of range for specific threat sensor systems. The fulfilment of this task would result in an improved military survivability and give the necessary input for standardized measurements and protection procedures. Subsequent work will focus on static camouflage equipment, MCS (mobile camouflage systems), BDU (battle dressed uniform) and on validation of such camouflage systems.