In today's advanced military operations, the concern for protection and survivability has increased, due to the increasingly diverse and asymmetric environments in which these operations take place. In the past, armoured vehicle survivability has relied largely on penetration avoidance. Today, we are addressing the survivability technologies developed, to meet the objectives of detection avoidance, hit avoidance, penetration avoidance and advanced situational awareness.

The threat is now becoming more diffuse and more lethal, and emphasis has been placed on tactics and information networking, that form the grounds of successful operations. And although increased lethality and effectiveness are still a major issue, huge investments are made on continuous information surveillance through sensors and other points of contact.

Sensors contribute to the state of knowledge of where you are, where your enemy is, the state of logistics, the state of readiness and so forth. Your adversary is now employing technologies on continuous information surveillance so that he can see you first. Your enemy is utilizing your signatures, so that he can understand situations first, respond and act first, maneuver to positions of advantage, and then use this information advantage to attack and engage on his terms and conditions.

All these issues are directly related to the passive defence field, and Intermat's significant contribution in protection, survivability, and thermal signature management has been highly valued by many MoDs around the world.

Intermat is the first company which introduced this revolutionary technology applicable at the wide IR spectrum. As an innovator Intermat has expanded its research to anti-radar countermeasures which have led to outstanding results while studies are also carried out on other fields.