Functional Materials for Stealth and Camouflage Applications

This chapter gives an overview of functional materials for stealth and camouflage based products to achieve low-observable airborne and ground-based platforms with respect to the sensors deployed by adversary forces. Functional materials based on dielectric/magnetic materials and engineered materials have been described for their applications in the electromagnetic design of microwave absorbers for stealth applications. In addition, various techniques have been discussed for camouflage in various frequency spectra (visual, near infrared, infrared and microwave regions) for ground-based applications. Several examples of camouflage and stealth materials are briefly discussed.