Una herramienta tan antigua como la guerra misma, el Camouflage, está siendo sometido a una importante revisión en los ejércitos modernos, para adecuarse al nuevo problema tecnológico generado por las señales electrónicas que emiten los equipos que actualmente lleva el soldado. Todo ello lo hace muy vulnerable a los sistemas de detección del enemigo, por lo que los desarrollos se enfocan a sistemas que brinden protección “multiespectral”.
Top Army brass are looking to what seems like a simple item, camouflage netting, to solve a very modern technological problem — electronic signals that give away soldier and unit positions.
A variety of camouflage being developed now is aimed at hiding electronic signatures and concealing soldiers and their equipment, masking them to the eye and hiding them from sensors in modern communications and targeting equipment.
The next-generation netting is expected to offer state-of-the-art signature concealment for “multispectral protection.”
The Army awarded contracts a year ago for engineering, manufacturing and developing the new Ultra-Lightweight Camouflage Net System, or ULCANS.
This week, Army Chief of Staff Gen. Mark Milley gave lawmakers a better understanding about what the service is after in its efforts to develop the all-weather camouflage.
The key to the camouflage is the electronic signature, both from heat produced by humans and vehicles and also the invisible signature of electronic systems, Milley said at a House Appropriations Committee hearing on Army modernization.
“We know that adversary acquisition systems are very, very capable,” Milley said.
Fuente: https://www.armytimes.com