Vehicle surfaces, covers, and onboard systems

Ground Platforms

Focus a material evaluation on a defined part of the vehicle: a cover, external panel, composite component, or electronics enclosure.

Practical integration opportunities

Parked and operating vehicles

Map the baseline infrared signature across idle, movement, and shutdown. Identify candidate covers or surfaces for passive treatments, or areas where an adaptive infrared device could be evaluated.

Panels and replacement components

Assess radar-absorbing materials within a coating or composite component, accounting for thickness, added mass, attachment, repair, and the vehicle’s geometry.

Onboard electronics

Evaluate conductive coatings for selected housings and enclosures. Include joints, connectors, grounding, and the installed interference environment in the test plan.

These examples describe potential uses, not qualified platforms or performance claims. Each requires evaluation against the intended system and operating conditions.

Define a useful first evaluation

Start with a component.
Keep the mission in view.

Which vehicle surface or subsystem can change?

What temperatures, mud, abrasion, washing, and weather will it encounter?

What are the limits on power, mass, coverage, and repair?

Which component test should precede an integrated vehicle evaluation?

Passive / Multispectral

GraySkin

Passive material treatments for multispectral signature-management challenges, with attention to weight, the existing surface, and practical application.

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Adaptive / Infrared

ChamIR™

Adaptive infrared material and device approaches that modulate emissivity, supporting the exploration of thermal-signature management for personnel and platforms.

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RF / Coatings & Composites