Measures of Effectiveness for Camouflage

Abstract

Camouflage is a broad concept incorporating the notions of hiding, blending, disguising, or decoying to achieve countersurveillance (CS) and counter target acquisition (CTA). Both concealment and deception are involved. The purpose of camouflage is by passive means to deny, degrade, deceive, delay or otherwise interfere with hostile surveillance of friendly forces. The systems devised to accomplish these purposes are supportive rather than primary in their combat roles. Their contribution to accomplishing the combat mission is indirect, such as enhancing survival of primary firepower, enabling movement with reduced materiel losses, and reducing casualties. Camouflage measures of effectiveness (MOE) thus must measure both the direct performance of CS/CTA systems, in terms of reduced target detection/recognition/identification, and the indirect or consequential performance effects, in terms of increased survival and reduced materiel/personnel losses.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jan 01, 1974
Accession Number
ADA062055

Entities

People

  • D. L. Farrar

Organizations

  • Battelle Memorial Institute

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Human Systems
  • Sensors
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Acquisition
  • Combat Effectiveness
  • Command And Control
  • Deception
  • Detection
  • Detectors
  • High Resolution
  • Identification
  • Materials
  • Measures Of Effectiveness
  • Probability
  • Recognition
  • Target Acquisition
  • Target Detection
  • Target Signatures
  • Test And Evaluation
  • War Games

Readers

  • Irregular Warfare and Special Operations Cyberspace Operations against Adversarial Threats.
  • Sensor Fusion and Tracking Systems.
  • Systems Analysis and Design