INTERMAT AUSTRALIA a HIELAMAN subsidiary partnered with INTERMAT GROUP SA, are dedicated to cutting edge IR signature management, provide foundational IR targeting defence solutions, including INTERMAT’s advanced multi-emission passive optical/IR camouflage system, which has been rigorously proven to significantly reduce Detection, Recognition & Identification (DRI) ranges associated with using thermal imaging systems.
Driven by our passion to enhance warfighter capabilities through the seamless fusion of decades of hard-won experience and visionary ideas, we empower soldiers with superior IR Camouflage solutions via customized, tuned multi-emissivity patterns designed to match existing optical camouflage color schemes against environmental IR emissivity mapping methods. Our methodology effectively suppresses heat signatures, AND blurs overall geometries by directly targeting and degrading foundational thermal sensor functions! significantly boosting survivability across numerous operational and tactical applications to include textiles, armored vehicles, naval vessels, and fixed installations.
As the exclusive provider of Australia’s only true combat-proven asymmetric IR stealth and thermal signature management coating system, and backed by extensive sector expertise, HIELAMAN INDUSTRIES via INTERMAT AUSTRALIA delivers game-changing, tunable, low-maintenance asymmetric solutions engineered for the evolving demands of modern defence.
>75%
THERMAL SIGNATURE REDUCTION
TRL 9 / MRL 10
OPERATIONAL READINESS
STANAG - 4319
CERTIFIED 1.9 - 14 MM
SINCE 1998
NATO CAGE: G1836
INTERMAT COATINGS
Chameleon skin
INTERMAT FABRICS
TIPPING THE SCALES
INTERMAT Capabilities
INTERMAT provides foundational signature management capability of combat and support assets, systems and personnel, providing passive signature management solutions that significantly reduce detectable IR emissions whilst simultaneously being capable of directly leveraging infrared sensor limitation degrading adversary kill chains and targeting system.
INTERMAT is applicable to almost any surface or material – vehicles surfaces, naval surface combatants, infrastructure, assets, textiles - using a range of specialised paints, adhesives and textile coatings.
Simple and scalable application methodologies, including pattern-induced geometric degradation, exploiting sensor resolution limits and MTF roll-off blurring outlines and visible geometric structure.
Average radiant suppression of approx 68–80% at short range, achieved through low-emissivity tuning and surface emission control.
IR Multi-emission camouflage Pattern-induced geometric shape degradation, by exploiting sensor resolution limits.
Colour palettes and IR emissivites are customisable through colour selection, patterns design, and emissivity tuning, and can be tuned against specific sensor capabilities or matched to specific locations or regions.
OPERATIONAL DEPLOYMENT
Asymmetric Advantage
INTERMAT delivers versatile, multi-domain signature management capability across the full spectrum of modern operations. It is equally effective on land, maritime, infrastructure platforms, including armoured vehicles, naval surface combatants, patrol vessels, fixed and mobile assets, forward operating bases, critical infrastructure, Air defence artillery systems, as well as individual soldier equipment tents, & camouflage nets.
The system’s flexible application methods enable seamless integration from small tactical units through to large formation-level assets, directly countering the proliferating threat of advanced thermal sensor systems, ranging from low-cost tactical drones and loitering munitions, through crewed & uncrewed ground or aerial platforms, to high-altitude long-endurance ISR assets and satellite-based systems.
Beyond traditional concealment, INTERMAT can be deliberately employed as a deception system by reversing its core function. INTERMAT can configure the coatings to generate enhanced, misleading, or decoy thermal profiles. creating false hot spots, ghost targets, or simulated high-value assets that confuse enemy targeting, draw fire, and degrade the performance of AI-driven targeting algorithms.
By combining multi-emissivity tuning with deliberate pattern design, INTERMAT becomes a powerful tool for both strategic and tactical deception, battlefield shaping, and protection of high-priority assets through sophisticated camouflage & misdirection.
Whether used for stealth or active deception, INTERMAT provides commanders with adaptable, passive, always-on capability that addresses the full range of current and emerging thermal threats in modern contested environments.
Passive air & missile defense include all measures in conjunction with active defense to minimize the effectiveness of hostile missile threats. Such methods include detection, warning, camouflage, concealment, deception, dispersion, hardening, and the use of protective construction.
Anti IR signature management Coatings can be applied almost anywhere. Buildings, depots, hangars, airfield taxiways and corridors, fixed anti-aircraft systems, air conditioning units, generators, and on all surfaces, including concrete /cement, plaster, bricks, and asphalt (alkaline surfaces).
Our revolutionary coatings provide increased survivability of combat vehicles, fixed assets and personnel. Proven to defeat EO/IR sensors & IR seeking ordinances. Coating have defeated “Lock-On” and tracking systems by reducing thermal signature & detection range of a targets by up to 75%.
These coatings have also been proven to reduce the compounding radiation absorption effects of environmental sources in turn reducing heat radiation into the internal crew compartments of vehicles, reducing temperatures on average 7.4C
Anti-IR Signature Management Coatings are not only for land assets. Coatings and materials have been utilised to protect assets against IR detection and targeting from peer-on-peer adversaries and their most modern thermally guided weapon systems & ISR platforms across all Defence domains.
Coatings have been successfully utilised for maritime purposes proven extremely effective in a number of NATO member trials. These coatings have been formulated to not only provide IR signature management at sea but also withstand the rigors of the harsh maritime environment.
MULTI-EMISSIVITY TUNING
Task Optimisation
Theatre-specific emissivity tuning and pattern customisation allow optimisation for different environments and threats while maintaining consistent application methods across mixed fleets, supporting combined arms operations and logistical simplicity.
Tuneability enables Multi-emissivity Optical/IR stealth camouflage threat profiles - Emissivity bands can be further refined to align with background radiance mapping and iterative IPTCM simulations. Planners can balance these parameters to maximize combined obfuscation efficiency, whilst degrading DRI against known thermal sensor threats and capabilities.
Our colour selections have been meticulously engineered to encompass targeted emissivity bands. Each colour hue possesses a distinct emissivity band, within which its specific emissivity output can be precisely tuned and optimised.
Patterned multi-emissivity application can produce false negatives and reduced probability values of AI-enhanced thermal target recognition systems, surveillance and munitions (e.g., CNN-based algorithms like YOLO or ResNet adapted for IR targeting) whilst standard unicolour application was proven to significantly degrade FGM-148 Javelin, (AAWS-M) engagement ranges by up to 75%.
CAPABILITY INTERGRATION
One for one
Straightforward integration across all platforms with minimal disruption to current operations or maintenance regimes. INTERMAT coatings can be applied using standard application methods and equipment with minimal specialist application training.
INTERMAT coatings are fully compatible with both flexible textiles and rigid substrates, requiring only standard surface preparation similar to conventional CARC or automotive paints. Coatings are available in 1K or 2K – 2 year or 5 year – planning coating life span and can also be applied by 3rd party service providers with minimal training overheads.
INTERMAT IR stealth coatings have been proven to be interoperable with existing Radar Absorbent Materials (RAM) and radar-reducing coatings. They have been proven to be effective as an overcoat or in conjunction with RAM systems without compromising radar signature reduction performance and in some case enhancing performance, enabling true multi-spectral (IR + Radar) low-observability solutions. The passive nature of the coating ensures no interference with platform electronics, communications, sensors, or electronic warfare suites.
QUALITY ASSURANCES
Products & Services guarantee
INTERMAT AUSTRALIA consistently strives to meet the needs its customers & commercial requirments. INTERMAT AUSTRALIA produces products and provides services that fully comply with the international standards of ISO 9001-Quality management system and ISO 27001 Information Security Management Systems.
STEALTH MANUFACTURING
TRL 9 - MRL 10
INTERMAT Defence maintains substantial production capacity via its 2,000 sqm manufacturing facility. INTERMAT GROUP currently supplies multiple international clients. INTERMAT AUSTRALIA holds global supply precedence and is considered INTERMAT GROUP priority for all Australian, FVEY, and AUKUS requirements.
SERVICES & SUPPORT
Working with you Shoulder to Sholder
INTERMAT AUSTRALIA is staffed with highly qualified and experienced executives and members. Collectively consisting of decades of business acumen and over 50 years of direct military experience all directed at meeting the requirements of our customers both in the production of its products and in their application.
