Last summer, the U.S. Army confirmed that soldiers will begin wearing the new Army Combat Uniform (ACU) that bears the Operational Camouflage Pattern (OCP) – also known as Scorpion W2.

For now, the color and texture change go hand in hand. But by adding multiple layers of the polymer, Zhao says, they might be able to control color and texture independently. Advertisement ...

As soon as the Army had begun the search for a new camouflage pattern, circa 2013, the service also started thinking about what to do with huge stocks of equipment covered in gray-green pixelation.

War Gaming: British Army unveils new pixelated Minecraft-style 'digital camouflage' that makes tanks 80% harder to spot on battlefield. Soldiers find it harder to see tanks when they are coated ...