Undersea vehicles, such as submarines, are vulnerable to visual detection in littoral waters. As a tactical aid, static camouflage patterns can be painted on vessel hulls to better blend the vessel to its environment. However, static patterns are not able to adapt to environmental conditions. As a… More

Photochromic technologies that can modulate absorption, emission and reflection properties show promise as a means to achieve visual signature reduction for vessel in an oceanic environment. Dynamically changing the vessel"s color, brightness, and hull coating patterns will minimize a… More