"It's a next-generation infrared camouflage suit.

In 2011, BAE Systems announced their Adaptiv infrared camouflage technology.

Some intended applications for the new absorbers include emitters, sensors, spatial light modulators, infrared camouflage, wireless communication, and use in thermophotovoltaics.

BAE Systems's Adaptiv prototypes the use of infrared camouflage technology with about 1000 rapidly heated and cooled panels to cover the sides of an armoured vehicle, providing crypsis by matching the background, or mimesis by depicting an object such as a car when viewed in infrared.