The project marks a £5.7m collaboration between the MOD, Dorset Local Enterprise Partnership (LEP) and Dorset Council. Dorset boasts a particularly strong defence sector and is home to many MOD establishments, such as the Army’s Armoured Trial and Development Unit in Bovington, the Royal Corps of Signals training centre in Blandford and the training area at Lulworth Cove, which is used by all elements of the UK’s Armed Forces. Brigadier Matt Cansdale, British Army, Head Future Force Development, said: “We are delighted that the Army and Defence BattleLab remains on course for completion this year despite recent turmoil. This reflects a huge amount of excellent collaborative work from all the partners in this project and is indicative of the strong relationships and commitment from the whole team.
The British Army has unveiled a new pixelated Minecraft-style digital camouflage that makes tanks 80 per cent harder to spot on the battlefield.
Trained soldiers find it far more difficult to see the machines when they are covered with the MCDC 5 design, rather than the usual bog standard green .
The new pattern is made up of squares that look like scrambled pixels on a digital screen and has slashed the detection rate to 20 per cent.
Officers at the Armoured Trials and Development Unit in Bovington, Dorset, launched the project, dubbed Hide, Deceive, Survive .
Lieutenant Colonel Rob Page labelled the tests a big win after working with the Defence Science and Technology Laboratory and the Tank Museum on the design.