DRDC developed software to improve the Canadian disruptive pattern (CADPAT)
Video / May 13, 2024
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With support from the Canadian Army, scientists at Defence Research and Development Canada, have developed the design for a new Canadian Disruptive Pattern or CADPAT camouflage material.
DRDC scientists developed specialized software which uses the information from digital photographs, pixelates them and calculates the percentage of each colour and texture present in the environment to form the new multi-terrain or MT camouflage pattern.
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- Jean Dumas, Defence Scientist, Drdc
“The new CADPAT is specially designed for more open areas, such as prairies, savannahs, and more open forests. Compared with its predecessor, the CADPAT temperate woodland that was made specifically for boreal forest – the new design is made specifically for areas where you find more grass and more open areas.”
The result is a five-colour mid-spectrum MT CADPAT pattern that outperforms the current TW and AR camouflage patterns across the greatest range of environmental conditions.
This makes soldiers less detectable than ever before, by infrared and multi-spectral sensors, AI algorithms and of course, the human eye.
“Basically with normal human vision, you are able to see the pixels of the pattern from nearby, let’s say less than 3 metres. But when you increase the range, the pixels start to fuse and then the disruptive and camouflage effects start to take place. The different colours then start to merge and produce a new colour and a new pattern, which in turn, turns on the disruptive camouflage effect.”
The creation of the new CADPAT pattern is an essential element in providing innovative, powerful, personal protective equipment to Canadian soldiers.
The multi-terrain CADPAT design was developed in partnership with the Canadian Army and Director Soldier System Program Management within the Materiel group at the Department of National Defence.Page details
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