{"id":36633,"date":"2019-04-12T19:38:34","date_gmt":"2019-04-12T19:38:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/armytimes\/uncategorized\/2019\/04\/12\/camo-netting-an-age-old-tool-is-being-re-engineered-for-the-modern-battlefield\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T02:46:44","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T02:46:44","slug":"camo-netting-an-age-old-tool-is-being-re-engineered-for-the-modern-battlefield","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/armytimes\/news\/your-army\/2019\/04\/12\/camo-netting-an-age-old-tool-is-being-re-engineered-for-the-modern-battlefield\/","title":{"rendered":"Camo netting, an age-old tool, is being re-engineered for the modern battlefield"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Top Army brass are looking to what seems like a simple item, camouflage netting, to solve a very modern technological problem \u2014 electronic signals that give away soldier and unit positions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A variety of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.armytimes.com\/news\/your-army\/2018\/12\/18\/army-and-special-operations-snipers-put-new-ghillie-suit-to-the-test\/\" target=_blank>camouflage being developed now<\/a> is aimed at hiding <a href=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/news\/your-military\/2018\/03\/29\/new-tech-will-use-virtual-reality-to-help-eod-see-mine-threats-on-the-battlefield\/\" target=_blank>electronic signatures<\/a> and concealing<a href=\"https:\/\/www.armytimes.com\/news\/your-military\/2018\/05\/08\/socom-snipers-will-ditch-their-bullets-for-this-new-round-next-year\/\" target=_blank> soldiers<\/a> and their equipment, masking them to the eye and hiding them from sensors in modern communications and targeting equipment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The next-generation netting is expected to offer state-of-the-art signature concealment for \u201cmultispectral protection.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Army awarded contracts a year ago for engineering, manufacturing and developing the new Ultra-Lightweight Camouflage Net System, or ULCANS.<\/p>\n\n\n\t<aside class=\"smg-interstitial-link wp-block-smg-interstitial-link\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/armytimes\/news\/your-army\/2018\/06\/13\/this-new-camouflage-netting-could-protect-soldiers-better-than-armor\/\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__media\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/camouflage-netting-Army.jpg.jpg?w=300\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__image wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__content\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"smg-interstitial-link__kicker\">Related<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"smg-interstitial-link__title\">This new camouflage netting could protect soldiers better than armor<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"smg-interstitial-link__excerpt\">The new netting is designed to conceal soldiers and equipment from sight and sensors.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t<\/aside>\n\t\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">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.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">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.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWe know that adversary acquisition systems are very, very capable,\u201d Milley said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Those camo systems, from netting strung over vehicles to ghillie suits used by snipers, break up electronic or heat signatures, he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">So, the Army\u2019s putting money behind those initiatives.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cAnd you\u2019re right, it\u2019s not as glamorous as the others, but survivability is key,\u201d Milley said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The ULCANS is headed to units this year, according to plans announced by the Army.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It will replace woodland and desert netting in use since the 1990s. The new color scheme will include light\/dark woodland, snow\/alpine and desert\/urban variants.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1200\" height=\"794\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/EWSaberStrike.jpg.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-73046\" srcset=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/EWSaberStrike.jpg.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/EWSaberStrike.jpg.jpg?resize=300,199 300w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/EWSaberStrike.jpg.jpg?resize=768,508 768w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/EWSaberStrike.jpg.jpg?resize=1024,678 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">The Field Artillery Squadron Radar section of 2nd Cavalry Regiment, stationed out of Vilseck, Germany, work together to conceal their area of operation with a camouflage net while taking part in Saber Strike 16 at Tapa Training Area, Estonia, June 19, 2016. Saber Strike 16 features allied and partner-nation ground forces conducting live-fire, command post, and cyber\/electronic warfare training, plus the integration of U.S. close-air support with multinational ground forces. (Photo by Staff Sgt. Steven M. Colvin\/U.S. Army)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The product came out of the Army\u2019s project management office of Expeditionary Energy and Sustainment Systems, which is under the Program Executive Office for Combat Support and Combat Service Support.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The goal is to defeat the advancing sensor technology of adversaries such as Russia and China, which are creating anti-area\/access denial problems and capabilities gaps for Army maneuver and fires.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Scientists with the U.S. Army Combat Capabilities Development Command Soldier Center under Army Futures Command, are working on the competitive prototyping phase, which uses testing events unique to NSRDEC.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cAs adversary technology continues to evolve, we have to be able to quickly reduce battlefield signatures and limit the enemy\u2019s ability to detect personnel, weapons systems, vehicles, and other equipment,\u201d said Claudia Quigley last year, when serving as director of the Expeditionary Maneuver Support Directorate.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">As recently as December, Army and special operations snipers were testing a new ghillie suit, dubbed the Improved Ghillie System, or IGS.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The test was one step in a larger effort by Army researchers to replace the current Flame Resistant Ghillie System. 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