US Marines are on the hunt for a cloak they can wear to hide themselves from thermal-imaging sensors

"The modern battlefield is becoming increasingly saturated with sensors, including thermal-imaging technology that can detect human and vehicle heat signatures in the infrared range of the electromagnetic spectrum. Many of the drones in the Ukraine war are equipped with thermal-imaging cameras that have been used to deadly effect."

"The garment is intended to mask how a Marine appears not only to the naked eye and night vision devices, but also to advanced infrared and thermal sensors used by drones and surveillance systems."

"The post said it will deliver 'individual signature management' by 'mitigating detection across the visual, near infrared, and short-wave infrared spectrums as well as suppress thermal signatures in the mid-wave infrared and long wave infrared to reduce the likelihood of detection by thermal sensors.'"

Modern battlefields increasingly employ thermal-imaging sensors, particularly on drones used extensively in the Ukraine war, which can detect heat signatures through traditional camouflage. The Marine Corps has issued a sources sought notification seeking vendors to develop a Multispectral Camouflage Overgarment that provides individual signature management across visual, near-infrared, short-wave infrared, mid-wave infrared, and long-wave infrared spectrums. The garment must be a single-piece, draped design offering full-body coverage including equipment, donnable within 15 seconds over existing uniforms, and capable of reducing detection distance by thermal sensors and surveillance systems.

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