Static and Mobile Camouflage Systems

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Saab Signs Framework Contracts for Static and Mobile Camouflage Systems
| saabgroup.com - 03 April 2017

For years, the armed forces of Denmark and Norway have been using Saab’s Barracuda advanced camouflage systems, in both static and mobile versions.
The framework contracts now signed with the two countries means that they can
place orders for mobile and static camouflage systems in woodland, desert and winter configurations. The agreements also includes the possibility to place orders for support during the contract period.

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Saab’s Barracuda advanced camouflage technology products have been exported to more than 60 countries worldwide. Saab offers a unique package of Barracuda camouflage systems and force protection solutions that decrease the enemy’s ability to detect and engage. These solutions protect personnel, vehicles and base infrastructure against hostile sensors and enemy target acquisition.

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Royal Danish Army orders camouflage from Saab | Army Recognition - 15 January 2019 12:09

The Royal Danish Army has been a user of Saab Barracuda’s signature management systems for more than 25 years. The new orders contain static camouflage systems, which is an advanced multispectral camouflage net that provides unrivalled signature protection for vehicles and other objects in static positions. “With these products The Royal Danish Army will have the most advanced multi-spectral camouflage systems on the market, providing them with exceptional levels of multi-spectral protection against multiple sensor threats”, says Görgen Johansson, head of Saab business area Dynamics.

Saab Barracuda camouflage solutions offer multispectral protection. Everything from ultra-violet, visual, near infrared, short wave infrared to thermal sensors and radar. They have been exported to more than 60 countries worldwide. Saab offers a unique package of tailor-made camouflage systems and force protection solutions that decrease the enemy’s ability to detect and engage. These solutions protect personnel, vehicles and base infrastructure against hostile sensors and enemy target acquisition.

Saab Barracuda camouflage (Picture source: Saab)

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https://www.janes.com/defence-news/news-detail/us-army-seeking-mobile-camouflage-systems-for-combat-vehicles

28 July 2020
US Army seeking mobile camouflage systems for combat vehicles

The US Army is calling on industry to propose innovative, mobile camouflage systems (MCSs) that will better conceal its moving ground combat vehicles.

On 27 July the service announced that it was seeking MCS white papers ahead of a potential prototyping competition and gave industry until 8 August to respond.

“Ground combat vehicles, as key battlefield enablers, require additional signature management capability to ensure survivability and effectiveness,” the army wrote. “Beyond paint, the current methods of protecting combat vehicles on the move, or in hasty halt positions, include affixing either organic material, like freshly-cut branches, or scraps of Ultra-Lightweight Camouflage Net System (ULCANS) netting to the top and sides of the vehicles’ exterior.”

However, these methods only provide “limited (if any) visual signature suppression”, and do not provide moving vehicles with the “durable signature suppression” required for “ensured soldier survivability”, the service explained.

Saab Barracuda’s ULCANS is pictured here. The US Army is looking for a mobile camouflage system that it can use in conjunction with ULCANS. (Saab Barracuda)