As Ukrainian Minister of Digital Transformation Mykhailo Fedorov noted, this super protection makes it possible to reduce the usefulness of Russian thermal imagers and drones with thermal imaging cameras to zero. The garment, which resembles a hooded cloak, blocks heat radiation and makes the person underneath invisible to the enemy.

Development details

• The raincoat is quite compact and relatively lightweight, weighing up to 2.5 kilograms.
• Well protected from rain and wet snow.
• It is also fireproof and provides protection against high temperatures.

A raincoat hiding from a thermal camera / Photo by Mykhailo Fedorov/Brave1

The developers conducted tests and showed some of them in the video. In the experiment, three people stand side by side, but only one of them is covered with a cloak. A thermal imager and a night vision device can still make out the faint outline of a figure, but the enemy can easily miss them next to nearby inanimate objects.

This is what people look like under raincoats and without raincoats thanks to thermal imaging device and night vision device / Screenshots of 24 Kanal from the video by Mykhailo Fedorov/Brave1

It is not clear how development will behave when a person is in motion; We only saw one instance where one person was standing still. But we can already say that the technology is suitable for camouflage, for example, for snipers who remain motionless for a long time, monitoring the appearance of targets.

It is unknown who will make the raincoats and how much they will cost.