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作者: 中华琴圣 时间: 2006-7-26 00:43
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  Is Cloaking Technology for U.S. Infantry Warfighters Finally Possible?
Posted on Sunday, March 12 @ 09:22:08 PST by davidc

by David Crane
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In the movie Predator (1987), an alien hunter visits earth to bag armed human warriors (military Special Operations personnel) as trophies, and engages in this recreational endeavor very methodically and efficiently. By the time the movie ends, the alien predator has killed off two complete (elite) and highly-experienced U.S. Special Operations teams, save for one survivor (Major Alan "Dutch" Schaeffer, played by Arnold Schwarzenegger), with extreme prejudice. Now, while the alien is bigger, stronger, faster, and much more mobile in the dense jungle environment than its human prey, it's also got another major advantage--superior technology. The alien has many high-tech weapons in its arsenal, all formidable. However, one weapon in particular stands out--the power of invisibility.

The fictional (Yautja) alien Predator uses adaptive camouflage technology (a.k.a. electro-optical camouflage, a.k.a. optical camouflage, a.k.a. active camouflage, a.k.a. chameleonic camouflage, a.k.a. cloaking technology) to great effect in order to pick off Schaeffer's team one by one at will, without them being able to mount an effective defense. Even when they finally spot the alien and henceforth know what to look for, all they can...

really see is a slight visual anomoly against the stationary jungle background when the creature is standing (or perching) still, and a moving visual anomoly (or shimmer) when the alien is moving against that stationary background. Interestingly, towards the end of the film, Schaeffer covers his body with wet mud to make himself invisible to the Predator's thermal vision, after he discovers the mud's utility inadvertently. He then uses his own new-found invisibility to turn the tables on the Predator and kill it. So, in the film, invisibility ends up being the primary component to both combatants' respective tactical success. But the Predator's cloaking capability is fictional. I mean, it's just a movie, right?

Actually, visual stealth tech (a.k.a. daylight stealth, a.k.a. daytime stealth, a.k.a. optical stealth), or invisibility, has been one of the holy grails of U.S. military technology R&D programs for quite some time, now. Why? It's simple. The U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) understands that if you can see the enemy, but the enemy can't see you, it's much easier to kill him, and much harder for him to kill you--and aircraft and ships are expensive. But ya' know what? So are infantry warfighters (infantry soldiers and Marines), although not in the same way. Aside from the obvious and largely-imeasurable value of human life, infantry warfighters are expensive with regard to public opinion and public relations. When they get killed or injured by IEDs (Improvised Explosive Devices), RPGs (Rocket-Propelled Grenades), mortars, small arms fire, etc., it impedes U.S. war efforts, because the American people are now much softer and thus more sensitive to U.S. casualties than they used to be (like during WWI and WWII, for instance). Every additional death that's reported causes PR damage. And, right now, our infantry is suffering approx. 95% of all military casualties, because they're the most vulnerable to enemy attacks. One military expert that we spoke with awhile back described human beings as "just pink squooshy things" when they're on a battlefield. They're just very easy to damage and take out. However, if you can hide those "pink squooshy things" with adaptive camouflage/cloaking technology as they move through the battlespace, they're no longer as easy to target and kill, and both their lethality and survivability are simultaneously greatly enhanced.

But, why stop there? If we can make main battle tanks (M1 Abrams MBT), armored personnel carriers/infantry fighting vehicles (APC/IFV--like the Stryker and M113), and aircraft invisible, too, that's even better. Replacing human warfighters with robotic warfighters (armed/weaponized robots) is another part of the equation. Weaponized UGVs (Unmanned Ground Vehicles) and weaponized UAVs (Unmanned Aerial Vehicles), a.k.a. UCAVs (Unmanned Combat Air Vehicles) can help the U.S. military cut down on infantry casualties even further. And, why not cloak those, too?

Well, maybe now we can. It's possible that a company out of Fullerton, California called Advanced American Enterprise (AAE) has achieved the holy grail--tactical invisibility. That's what they're claiming, anyway. It's called the Stealth Technology System (STS), and AAE claims that the technology really works and is ready for prime time. According to the company, STS is more effective, less expensive, and lighter-weight than any known active camouflage/cloaking tech that's previously been under development in the past. AAE states that STS can be applied to ground vehicles, boats, infantry warfighters, and UGVs/ground robots. Any object to which STS is applied will, according to AAE, become virtually invisible, even from as little as 20-25 feet away. Wow. The STS adaptive camouflage technology is apparently still undergoing T&E for application to manned and unmanned aircraft.

The actual inventor of the Stealth Technology System is Dr. Rashid Zeineh, who already reportedly has a number of previous inventions under his belt, including the first laser scanner ever (1968) and its software that "also reads DNA identity", and anti-hijacking tech, a.k.a. a "Counter-Terrorism Device for Airplanes". BTW, Zeineh's laser scanner also reportedly reads bar codes.

It's our understanding at present that, very soon, the Stealth Technology System (STS) is going to be tested on a small weaponized unmanned ground vehicle (UGV) and unmanned combat air vehicle (UCAV). This information is unconfirmed/unverified. If/when these tests are conducted, DefenseReview would very much like to see them (in person, or at least on video) and their results (witness reports, data, etc.).

We'd really like to see the technology tested on the NRI AutoCopter Gunship (weaponized unmanned mini-helicopter). If the STS tech works as advertised during these tests and it can really hold up to battlefield conditions (reliability, durability, etc.), look out, 'cause it's gonna' be game over. Imagine swarms of highly-lethal (and possibly even networked) weaponized UGVs and UCAVS zipping around the battlespace looking for you. Now imagine that you can't see them, even when they're very close or approaching you at high-speed in broad daylight. Very difficult to defend yourself against. You'd probably be killed without ever seeing what killed you. Of course, ideally, anti-thermal/IR (infrared) camouflage paint (for vehicles) or cream/makeup (for warfighters) and anti-thermal/IR apparel (for warfighters) should also be considered. This combo should give vehicle or warfighter combined visual stealth and thermal/infrared stealth. Oh, and silencers/sound suppressors should also be considered, in order to mask sound (sonic camouflage, if you will). If sound suppressors are employed, it will be harder for the enemy to hear the weapons being fired at them and/or figure out where the rounds are coming from.

Getting back to visual stealth tech, if it turns out that STS can successfully cloak mobile infantry warfighters within acceptable comfort/wearability, weight, durability, and powering requirements, then U.S. soldiers and Marines will be one step closer to Predator capability. So, does STS actually work as advertised? And, if it does work, can it be effectively applied to our infantry warfighters so they can effectively operate with it in the field? Defense Review hopes it does, because our troops could really use it. However, we (DefRev) don't really know, yet. We haven't seen STS tested, nor have we seen any video footage of it in operation. But, if it does, well...Cloak On, Game Over.

Author's note: If STS really works and is viable for U.S. infantry use, we'd better all hope the technology doesn't fall into the wrong hands (getting captured/obtained from disabled or destroyed/killed U.S. robots, vehicles or warfighters). We definitely wouldn't want to have to contend with cloaked IEDs or insurgents/terrorists, now would we. That would be very bad.

If you'd like to learn more about the Stealth Technology System (STS) you can contact Advanced American Enterprise (AAE) by phone at 714-287-0490, by fax at 714-870-6385, or by email at aab@ix.netcom.com.

Click here to read AAE's FAQ on the Stealth Technology System.

Photo Captions (for photos above, from top to bottom):

1) Photo still from Predator (1987)

2) AAE company photo of small square of STS technology activated in front of person.

3) AAE company photo of person completely cloaked by STS tech.

A Little Background on the Quest for Visual Stealth/Cloaking Technology:

The U.S. military reportedly experimented with visual stealth in the 1940's with Project Yehudi (a.k.a. Project "Yahootie") and the alleged "Philadelphia Experiment" (supposedly conducted by the Navy, and involving the USS Eldridge), the latter of which reportedly utilized an intense electromagnetic field to refract light, thereby creating a "mirage effect of invisibility". Yehudi (or "Yahootie") reportedly employed the principal of isoluminosity, in which an object effectively disappears by displaying the same brightness, making it indistinguishable from its surroundings. According to NewsMax.com writer, Charles Smith (Charles R. Smith), the U.S. military may be using an updated/more advanced version of the "Yahootie" tech on a "surveillance aircraft", consisting of "high-intensity light panels" that "broadcast the same output as the sky around it." We assume the tech Mr. Smith is talking about is the same electrochromatic panel tech that's rumored to already be in use on aircraft at Groom Lake/Area 51 that might relate to "Project Blue Beam". Rense.com and AboveTopSecret.com (ATS) have both published information about electrochromatic panels (Click on links to Rense and ATS to read about it.). Here's how Norio Hayakawa at ATS describes the technology:

"The electrochromatic panels are comprised of thousands of tiny sensors that function as video-cameras that take images of background scenaries, transferring them to the other panels on the other side of the aircraft. This gives the illusion that the aircraft is almost transparent. What the ground observer sees is whatever background images behind (or above) the body of the aircraft that are transposed to the "observer's" side of the body of the aircraft."

In his article titled Weapons of the Future are Here, Smith also mentions the British MOD's (Ministry of Defence) formerly secret Chameleon project, which recently came to light. Cameleon apparently involved the use of fiber-optic lighting systems and "powerful light-emitting diodes" on manned and unmanned aircraft test visual/daylight/daytime and thermal/IR (infrared) stealth tech--and effectively cloak the aircraft (i.e. mask it's visual signature). Smith writes that visual stealth technology has reportedly received a major boost in "black budget" (black programs) funding in the U.S., as of late. Rumor has it that some of this funding is going towards developing the tech for future infantry warfighters (Future Warrior/Soldier 2025, etc.)

Smith's article, however doesn't mention Richard Schowengerdt's Project Chameleo. I, however, did mention Project Chameleo briefly in one of my articles on the Foster-Miller Weaponized Talon Robot/SWORDS (Special Weapons Observation Detection System), titled Robo-Soldier Ready for Combat Deployment in to Iraq for Urban Warfare/CI Ops.

And, let's not forget the "optical camouflage" project being conducted at the Tachi Laboratory at the University of Tokyo Graduate School of Information Science and Technology.

Author's Note: DefenseReview has heard rumors that the U.S. Army Natick Soldier Center (NSC)/Soldier Systems Center (Natick) has been working with universities (like the MIT Institute for Soldier Nanotechnologies) and various defense/aerospace companies (like Raytheon, for instance) to develop adaptive/electro-optical camfouflage tech for U.S. infantry warfighters. Again, these are just rumors. We have no confirmation/verification of this, whatsoever.

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Re: Is Cloaking Technology for U.S. Infantry Warfighters Finally a Reality? (Score: 1)
by jadegecko on Monday, March 13 @ 20:16:38 PST
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...Am I missing something? This is patently ludicrous.

Re: Is Cloaking Technology for U.S. Infantry Warfighters Finally Possible? (Score: 1)
by wetterauw on Thursday, March 16 @ 02:31:24 PST
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This smells of hoax something fierce.I really hope it was for real
but i can't help but be very skeptical.Understandably,if this company's
claims are true,revieling too much about the tech would be premature.
Because of the sensitivity of this breakthrough(if,in fact a breakthrough
has occurred at all)it would be best for all conserned if this device be
kept very close to the vest,the secret behind this tech must become a
zealously guarded secret.But again,only,and i meen ONLY,if its for real
and a few still shots which could have easily been doctored up in adobe
photoshop do's not a believer make out of me.

Re: Is Cloaking Technology for U.S. Infantry Warfighters Finally Possible? (Score: 1)
by eyeguy on Thursday, March 16 @ 10:51:35 PST
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When first saw this I thought what a cheesy effect, these guys are ballsy to call it 'stealth technology'. But wow, seems like everyone who sees this thinks its fake, so I guess even cheesy tech will work on the unattentive masses.

Look closer guys.  This isnt a hoax, or a photoshop job. Its way cheesier than that.  Its a projector shining on a screen.  The white thing? Thats a projector.  In the first picture, see the square of 'grass' in the guys hand? Thats a screen.  In the second picture, he just has a bigger screen and is crouching behind it.  You can even see the shadow made by his head.  But the projector is still there!  Cheesy!  I mean, you'd think people would notice it.  But apparently not!

I can easily imagine a semi truck in a military convoy with screens like this on all sides.  Yeah, up close you could see the projector, but farther away you might just miss it.  The picture wouldnt exactly match the background, it would, from a distance, probably look just like a heat-mirage.  If you had jeeps driving along side you might only see jeeps in the heat,and not bother setting off your IED.

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  哪位清楚这玩意儿的给讲讲?

[ 本帖最后由中华琴圣于 2006-7-27 09:22 编辑 ]

作者: zhigangd2005 时间: 2006-7-26 01:16
粗略看了看这篇文章，似乎没有讲什么实质性的内容，就是由电影中的隐形外星人引出了美国国防部有关部门和一家公司在发展的单兵视觉隐形技术（自适应伪装技术，和已经投入使用的雷达隐形技术不同）。该公司不久将进行在小型无人驾驶车辆和直升机上的实验，所以该技术的可行性还没有得到验证，要看实验的结果。

其他就没什么了，也没有涉及该技术的具体细节。

由此联想到了以前电视里一些国外爱好者进行的实验：将车辆用镜子完全遮盖起来后在丛林中行驶，由于镜子中映出来的丛林景象和周围环境很类似，所以有一些低可视性的效果。不过想来这篇文章中提到的公司不会是用这个原理的。

作者: 妖刺 时间: 2006-7-26 01:20
标题: 光学迷彩。。。
这东西要是成功了。。。
会首先用于特种侦察，暗杀。。。

作者: jam 时间: 2006-7-26 02:31
日本早几年就研制了一件隐形衣，前胸播放后背拍摄到的影象，看起来就象中间没有阻隔一样。

作者: kingtim14 时间: 2006-7-26 10:02
那不就是007--《择日再死》里布鲁斯男开的宝马用的隐身技术么~~强的！有难度哦~~

作者: reebok325 时间: 2006-7-26 13:44
这个以前电视上讲过，是靠在服装上实现即时摄影成像，也就是将你身后的环境由服装后背上的微型摄像头拍下来，再在服装前面部分呈现，反之亦然。

作者: 中华琴圣 时间: 2006-7-27 09:25

原帖由 zhigangd2005 于 2006-7-26 01:16 发表
粗略看了看这篇文章，似乎没有讲什么实质性的内容，就是由电影中的隐形外星人引出了美国国防部有关部门和一家公司在发展的单兵视觉隐形技术（自适应伪装技术，和已经投入使用的雷达隐形技术不同）。该公司不久将进 ...

单从照片上的效果看，还是很令人震惊的！什么原理呀？

作者: brombe 时间: 2006-7-27 09:55

原帖由 中华琴圣 于 2006-7-27 09:25 发表

单从照片上的效果看，还是很令人震惊的！什么原理呀？

就是说在你背后装个摄象机而你胸前面的衣服是一个显示屏他能把你身后面的那个摄象机拍到的画面同步传到你的胸前的那个显示屏上面让别人从前面看误以为是透明的~

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