Amazing Technology: Watch an Armored Combat Vehicle Go…‘Invisible’
- Posted on September 29, 2011 at 1:59pm by
Buck Sexton
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Earlier this month, the Blaze brought you BAE systems ADAPTIV “invisibility cloak.” Today we have learned additional details of this remarkable technology, and have some new photos to share.
As we first announced a few weeks ago, this cutting edge technology allows a vehicle to become invisible to the naked eye — as well as infrared and other radar technologies.
Even more amazing– ADAPTIV not only makes a vehicle or fixed installation disappear– it can alter itself in real time to mimic surrounding foliage, or entirely reshape its form. An Armored Personnel Carrier can shift to look like a pickup truck on radar, for example.
ADAPTIV vehicles also have the capability to electronically mark themselves to avoid friendly fire incidents.
Now, here are some of the newer photos that show what the technology looks like on the outside:
According to the description on BAE“s website, ADAPTIV works by:
“Using lightweight hexagonal pixels which are electrically powered by the vehicles systems. The pixels are individually heated and cooled using commercially available semi-conducting technology. The hand-sized pixels are made of metal, so that they can sustain physical impact and provide defence against enemy ordnance.”
As we showed you in the past, here is what you would see on infrared before a tank turns on its Adaptiv coating.
And here is what you would see, or not see, after:
Gone.
Check out the full video of ADAPTIV in action here, courtesy of BAE Systems:
(h/t Business Insider)
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Comments (165)
TKBrew
Posted on September 29, 2011 at 2:45pmThis is just viewing the vehicle through thermal sights. The panels seem to insulate the vehicle thermal signature. (glass, fog, etc does this also) Show the vehicle in regular light and the IR spectrum and you will most likely see no change. Just my thoughts as a former tanker with the USMC.
Report Post »Warphead
Posted on September 29, 2011 at 2:44pmCan you imagine a military “Big Dog” type machine equiped with this? Send shivers down my spine. Just think of all the goodies that they are not making public.
Report Post »Snowleopard {gallery of cat folks}
Posted on September 29, 2011 at 2:50pmIndeed, and I also have to wonder if Mr Obama has already given this stuff to China and Russia in the interest of international socialist solidarity and such.
Report Post »V-MAN MACE
Posted on September 29, 2011 at 3:39pmImagine a military big dog chasing a Tea Partier.
Because that‘s who it’s for.
RESIST THE MILITARIZED NAZI POLICE STATE
Report Post »Ballot_Box_Revolution
Posted on September 29, 2011 at 3:43pmI’m disappointed…. i was hoping to see it disappear. All i seen it do was become invisible to a certain camera spectrum…Would have been more impressive if they were in normal camera mode.
Report Post »Servant Of YHVH
Posted on September 29, 2011 at 4:48pmI want one. When I’m driving down the road and some is going 20 miles or more below the speed limit, change it to look like an airplane coming in for a landing on the road behind that driver and stuff like that. ROFLMAO
Report Post »crazedbanshee
Posted on September 29, 2011 at 5:11pmThis is lame
A couple years ago I saw a type of invisibility cloak that had a bunch of mini monitors on the front and the monitors would display anything behind the person wearing the cloak/suit, giving it the appearance of being invisible. I was expecting to see an improved version of what I saw. Instead it is this garbage that just cools the tank to make it invisible to infrared.
Report Post »Disnylv
Posted on September 29, 2011 at 5:13pmYep, and we are all gone experience them under Odumbots
Report Post »nappy
Posted on September 29, 2011 at 6:19pmMy Goodness V-Man.. you truly are dumb as a rock. Seriously mentally challenged.
Report Post »ForABetterAmerica
Posted on September 29, 2011 at 7:32pmAgreed Snowleopard, or to pay off our debts. Wait, why would we do that.
Report Post »Thewayiseeit
Posted on September 29, 2011 at 10:11pmActually, not so exciting,
Those are thermal images.
If they were color images or daylight images they would be much more exciting.
For thermal, all you have to do is imitate the ambient temperature you want to look like.
For instance, the trees in the back ground behind them, measure with a thermal imaging device, set the panels to same temperature & POOF! All gone! But to the naked eye, with enough light to see it, you would see it!
Only Thermal imaging sensors would be fooled.
but hey, lets give them their Yee Haw any way!
Report Post »ashestoashes
Posted on September 29, 2011 at 10:27pmRemember the helicopter that went in after Bin Laden ,and Pakistan (whom we fund to the tune of 3.5 bilion each year held onto while China went in to get the technology? I also wonder if this would escape radar technologies and heat sensors?
Report Post »Ruler4You
Posted on September 30, 2011 at 3:24amCan you imagine a government that would only use this for “military” purposes? We now have drones flying over the U.S. regularly. Some police departments have their own drones and ARE conducting surveillance of citizens and their property and conducting arrests based on that information. They used IR for the same thing regularly when I lived in Phoenix.
There “IS” no way this technology is NOT used for common population surveillance, eventually. Tyranny is where our destiny lies.
Report Post »snidley-whiplash
Posted on September 30, 2011 at 11:12amHell there could be one sitting out your front door right now. Big brother is every where.
Report Post »DanWesson455
Posted on September 30, 2011 at 12:20pmDidn’t Clinton give away missile secrets to the Indonesians or someone through a defense contractor. That was a, not from lame stream press, scandal back in the mid 90′s I believe.
President Clinton authorized the sale to China of a Loral-made satellite sometime in February 1998. Justice Department prosecutors who were investigating the company for possible violations of export law regarding the February 1996 failed rocket launch in China opposed this.[24] Loral was eventually fined $14 million in 2002 for its involvement in illegally transferring missile technology to China.[7]
Report Post »In the end it sounded like the Company took a hit for Clinton but no one pursued it farther. Just more secrets that China is using today as it just launched its first Space Station rocket. Gads, our Politicians really suck somedays.
Perspective
Posted on September 29, 2011 at 2:43pmPredator lives. It’s amazing how much science fiction comes true.
Report Post »rather be dead than red
Posted on September 29, 2011 at 2:50pmIt takes me back to the Romulans on Star Trek …very cool!
Report Post »Islesfordian
Posted on September 29, 2011 at 3:17pmYeah, except it isn’t really invisible, at least not to the “naked eye” as the Blaze stated. It is invisible to certain spectrums of light, like infrared.
Report Post »Dismayed Veteran
Posted on September 29, 2011 at 4:04pmThe article does claim it is invisible to the naked eye
Report Post »DrFrost
Posted on September 29, 2011 at 4:38pm@DISMAYED VET
This article says “naked eye” but I think that’s an error. The BAE site is a bit confusing but I believe they only claim infrared. If you look at the hex pixels and read how they work (built in heater/cooler with metal on the outside) it‘s obvious it’s targeting infrared.
Report Post »On Eagle Wings
Posted on October 6, 2011 at 10:02am“Cloaking devise”
Report Post »bum
Posted on September 29, 2011 at 2:42pmthat must be what i tripped over in the woods!
Report Post »TroyBray
Posted on September 29, 2011 at 7:40pmI must have been in the same woods. I skinned my knee up good.
Report Post »brntout
Posted on September 29, 2011 at 2:41pmThere’s an old military saying that what they release is 20 yrs already outdated.
Report Post »oregon scott
Posted on September 29, 2011 at 5:07pmmy guess is, obama has already offered this technology up to our enemies, not out friends. remember he is a weak no principled man, that has no idea how to be strong unless it is against this country.
Report Post »kickagrandma
Posted on September 29, 2011 at 2:41pmJust so “they” don’t use it on us.
Everyone out there aware of all the “Executive Orders” in place to take us down? Be real good for all of you PATRIOTS to read up on them. And, once we’ve done our homework, we need to have a “Come to JESUS” meeting about how we’ve been set up and what WE are going to do about it.
Report Post »jgdesigner
Posted on September 29, 2011 at 3:30pmI couldn’t agree more. Time is running out.
Report Post »NJTMATO
Posted on September 29, 2011 at 4:03pmRight with you Grandma!!!!
Report Post »ldwaddell
Posted on September 29, 2011 at 6:46pmcould you provide us with an official site where we can read all these executive orders that are designed to “take us down?”
Report Post »MartyTr
Posted on September 29, 2011 at 7:19pmAmerica is so big, where do we start?
Report Post »Falsegods
Posted on September 29, 2011 at 11:05pmLDWAD,
Report Post »Go to Alex Jones PrisonPlanet.TV .com
edwinmcarter
Posted on January 5, 2012 at 11:50pmamen
Report Post »DNC TALIBAN
Posted on September 29, 2011 at 2:37pmCool tech, would be nice to build a Navy ship out of it sail it into Iran and blow the hell out of them befor they knew what was coming.
Report Post »cessna152
Posted on September 29, 2011 at 2:41pmCan we make Obama disappear as well?
Report Post »ishka4me
Posted on September 29, 2011 at 2:41pmcan you make that in a dodge truck? hatye getting pulled over by nazi Connecticut Troopers. Also hate getting pulled over by Nazi New Hampshire troopers.
Report Post »FstEti
Posted on September 29, 2011 at 2:50pmCessna22, I’m wiping the tears from laughing so hard. Thanks, I needed that!
Report Post »SgtB
Posted on September 29, 2011 at 4:01pmWe already have ships that disappear into the waves. They’re called submarines! Now if we could build a ship like the one in the upcoming battleship movie, that would be cool. Giant alien ship that can go submerssible and fly. Not to mention just be all around badass.
Report Post »davecoolworld
Posted on September 29, 2011 at 5:03pmCESSNA152….they are working on making obama invisible….the ears are giving them trouble.
Report Post »Lee McAbee
Posted on September 29, 2011 at 2:36pmO.K. I’m impressed
Report Post »wewantchillywilly
Posted on September 29, 2011 at 2:33pmhere you go, CHINA!
Report Post »Al Otto
Posted on September 29, 2011 at 2:34pmdoes it work in sand….? just asking
Report Post »gmoneytx
Posted on September 29, 2011 at 2:32pmcan they put some of those things on Obama and make him disappear?
Report Post »Pontiac
Posted on September 29, 2011 at 2:39pmThey have already put a similar system to work covering up his failures. Its called MEDIATIV.
Report Post »Get off your butt and join the Marines
Posted on September 29, 2011 at 2:32pmKewl! A cloaking device on one of our tanks. American engineering and ingenuity is still the worlds best. Too bad we often don’t use the full potential of our really smart “working people” to design and make things in the good old USA like we used to do decades ago. And yet another science-fiction item from Star Trek becomes a reality, well, sort of anyway!
Report Post »Creedmoor
Posted on September 29, 2011 at 2:52pmBAE Systems is not a US company
Report Post »OniKaze
Posted on September 29, 2011 at 2:57pmI know Japan had developed something similar to this a while back.. I am fairly sure this is THEIR tech used for OUR application.. I may be mistaken, but I have seen an “outfit” made for troops that was developed in Japan (oddly enough in reaction to a video game… They wanted to see if they could do it, and they did..) Not sure if they sold it to us, or if we stole the idea and did our own development.. But one thing is for sure, we were not the first to make this, but we ARE the first to slap it on a piece of mobile artillery.
Report Post »BOMUSTGO
Posted on September 29, 2011 at 2:59pmI thought BAE was Brittish? My sister worked for them.
Report Post »nappy
Posted on September 29, 2011 at 7:51pmYes.. American development is great but this isn’t American.
Report Post »Gonzo
Posted on September 29, 2011 at 2:24pmWhy is our military capability displayed on Youtube? Wouldn‘t all of our hardware be more effective if our enemies couldn’t know what to expect just by having internet access?
Report Post »nmb7401
Posted on September 29, 2011 at 2:28pmThank you…I SO AGREE!
Report Post »sparta48
Posted on September 29, 2011 at 2:30pmhere here this should not be posted ANYWHERE
Report Post »NES
Posted on September 29, 2011 at 2:35pmBuck needs to check his facts before going all Star Trek on us. It’s absolutely not invisible to the naked eye. It’s invisible to IR night vision by erasing the heat signature of the tank, especially the engine.
Report Post »Lee McAbee
Posted on September 29, 2011 at 2:39pmBecause our government hasn’t purchased it yet. So BAE is not required to hide anything except a tank apparently. Tell the government to get off their butts. But Obama does not want our military to have a technological advantage because it wouldn’t be fair to our enemies.
Report Post »Theleftisda
Posted on September 29, 2011 at 2:43pmWhy worry I‘ve worked with this technology more than 20 years ago it’s been around for more than 50 years,you think this is a surprise to China or Russia?
Report Post »gbo
Posted on September 29, 2011 at 2:44pmBAE is a British company and a video on YouTube doesn’t necessarily make this technology available, or even real.
Report Post »Popp40
Posted on September 29, 2011 at 2:55pmI believe that there is a program set up where most of the major world militaries where we go and see what each other have in terms of hardware. Everyone is suppose to take part, however, everytime it is China’s turn to let us go in and see what they have….something comes up and we aren’t allowed in. I could be wrong on this program but I have heard some military personal tell me about this. Can someone in the military who knows about this please confirm if this is the case or if this is false?
Thank you.
Report Post »Anonymous T. Irrelevant
Posted on September 29, 2011 at 3:10pmYeah, I wanted to see if it really disappears to the naked eye, not just infrared. All that’s required is cooling the surface, right?
Report Post »If you are talking Star Trek, we already have “communicators.”
I’m still waiting for transporter technology :-)
bikerr
Posted on September 29, 2011 at 4:15pm@Gonzo—-This is a diversion and maybe a smoke screen. Bruuuhahahah.
Report Post »But maybe with the“ meatheads” in charge at the White House who really knows?
bikerr
Posted on September 29, 2011 at 4:18pm@Anonymous T. Irrelevant—I don’t think we can hold her captain!
Report Post »kapnkd
Posted on September 29, 2011 at 4:39pmMy guess is knowing of this technology would have them jumping in fear at their own shadows and every little furry creature running around in the forest!
Report Post »Mil Mom
Posted on September 29, 2011 at 5:51pm@Gonzo
Report Post »Posted on September 29, 2011 at 2:24pm
Why is our military capability displayed on Youtube? Wouldn‘t all of our hardware be more effective if our enemies couldn’t know what to expect just by having internet access?
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I’m told by someone in the know that the things released have already been in use for a time, and there are “upgrades” to the “next generation” before they release it like this. Hopefully the new Defense Secretary is keeping to this policy!
I wonder if they aren’t putting some of these weapons out there to scare the “begeezers” out of anyone thinking of attacking us?
Falsegods
Posted on September 29, 2011 at 11:11pmThe ones in the know are way beyond this stuff. Antiques.
Report Post »Fina Biscotti
Posted on October 2, 2011 at 4:06amJanet Napolitano of DHS was supposed to inform the congressional committee – about her investigation into the identities of the parties who had placed classified information on the Homeland Security website.
We also had the location of our missle sites – and how many warheads at each site – posted on the internet for all the world to view -
under the Obama Administration.
Report Post »Lone Ranger
Posted on September 29, 2011 at 2:20pmI would have to not see it with my own eyes before I believe it. Even if this worked — especially if this worked — why would they put something this fantastic on YouTube for all our enemies to see?
On the other hand, if it does work, and if they someday commercialize it, every dork who drives a Smart Car could look like he were driving a ‘vette.
Report Post »aerorepairo
Posted on September 29, 2011 at 2:13pmWell, now that the Blaze has posted this I am sure China will tell Obama to give them this technology.
Report Post »sWampy
Posted on September 29, 2011 at 2:12pmOk, people have dreamed about this for decades, technology has been around for years, have they solved the problem of the displays breaking constantly leaving you with dead splotches that give you away. Also, it only works when looking at the tank from one angle.
Report Post »Rowgue
Posted on September 29, 2011 at 2:12pmThis is the same video from the previous article. Why is this being reported as a new story?
Report Post »PApeacemaker
Posted on September 29, 2011 at 2:10pmIts been done before
Report Post »PApeacemaker
Posted on September 29, 2011 at 2:10pmThey’ve had invisibility technology since WW2 when Einstein did the Philadelphia experiment making a battleship disappear. There were a lot of witnesses to it at the docks where it was performed but the US government swore everyone to secrecy because we were in the middle of a war. An back then people actually liked the government so they listened. Some say the ship went to another dimension but no one really knows how he did it. You can beat you a$$ they kept working on that Technology & had it perfected by Vietnam. If you dont believe me look it up. Thats why this video is no big deal to me. Who knows what else the government has in waiting.
Report Post »Krutch
Posted on September 29, 2011 at 2:57pmYou watch too many movies. The Philly experiment was a device which made steel ships magneticly invisible to magnetic mines. No ship actually disappeared from sight!
Report Post »Dabldo
Posted on October 2, 2011 at 1:11amKrutch. It was SUPPOSED to make the ship “invisible” to mines and possibly to the eye, and it went too far.
Report Post »ares338
Posted on September 29, 2011 at 2:08pmUh…since I don’t own infrared glasses it would be invisible to me anyhow! So there!
Report Post »jakartaman
Posted on September 29, 2011 at 2:08pmMaybe we can use it on Obumer
Puff he’s gone!
Mil Mom
Posted on September 29, 2011 at 6:14pm@jakartaman
Report Post »Posted on September 29, 2011 at 2:08pm
Maybe we can use it on Obumer
Puff he’s gone
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Could they discreetly put it on Marine One or Air Force 1 while he’s in the air; imagine the following;
P: ” Uuh, _______(fill in the blank) this is Air Force 1 coming into your airspace.Could we have clearance?”
CT: “Air Force 1! Where are you we don’t have you on any of our screens?”
P :”Air Force 1 here, we’re right here in the middle of our military excort.”
CT: “Quick someone get the Pentagon, Air Force 1 has disappeared, we have the escort but no Airforce 1″
Gen :”Pentagon here!“ ” What the ___ are you talking about!“ ” We’re immediately closing down and drug testing everyone in your control tower! “ ”Air Force 1 excort”, ‘get the POTUS out of that airspace immediately!“ ”I DON’T CARE W H E R E YOU TAKE HIM! JUST GET HIM FAR FAR FROM THAT AIRSPACE!!!’ !”
I can dream with my TEA
SamIamTwo
Posted on September 29, 2011 at 2:07pmNow who is going to fund the production run? Not Obama.
Report Post »bobball
Posted on September 29, 2011 at 2:07pmThis should not be public knowledge. Are there no secrets any more? oy vey.
Report Post »Gonzo
Posted on September 29, 2011 at 2:24pmMy thoughts exactly.
Report Post »1casawizard
Posted on September 30, 2011 at 9:55pmYes, there are secrets but you don‘t know ’em.
Report Post »Whatsizface
Posted on September 29, 2011 at 2:05pmAs my 11 year old son would say “Siiiick!”
Report Post »poster
Posted on September 29, 2011 at 2:04pmI wonder if they can use this on politicians.
Report Post »piper60
Posted on September 29, 2011 at 9:27pmterrorists would make a better target, especially jihadists.
Report Post »thegreatcarnac
Posted on September 29, 2011 at 2:02pmAmazing! This does not thrill me because we will have to fight our own government one day and have to confront these invisible vehicle. There must be someway to counter it.
Report Post »AxelPhantom
Posted on September 29, 2011 at 2:24pmVideo camera with infrared setting? Don’t know.
Report Post »PPMStudios
Posted on September 29, 2011 at 4:49pmThe vehicles still are not invisible to radar or IR, only visually…. For now!!
Report Post »AOL_REFUGEE
Posted on October 8, 2011 at 3:42pmHey! Why don‘t we clue in the Ruskies as to what we got goin’ on?
Oh. We just did.
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