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KA2™ Deep Blue Digital camouflage
Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan

In 2003, His Majesty King Abdullah II of Jordan embarked on a camouflage development programme to provide a pattern that would be exclusive to Jordan's Armed Forces and Security Forces. This programme, undertaken in association with HyperStealth Biotechnology Corporation, of Canada, resulted in a family of digital camouflage patterns that has put Jordan at the forefront of concealment techniques.

The initial design was completed in less than a month, while the colour refinements specific to Jordan's diverse terrains required just over two months to conclude. Uniforms featuring the new digital pattern were fielded for test and evaluation in October 2003. The Jordanian Armed Forces were the first to approve the new camouflage design, followed by the Royal Guard, Security Forces and Civil Defence Directorate. His Majesty the King gave his final approval to the pattern in late October 2003.

As of 21 May 2006, the KA2™ family of camouflage patterns includes seven different colour schemes: KA2™ Desert Digital, which His Majesty the King has authorised for wear by the Royal Jordanian Air Force and the Royal Jordanian Land Force; KA2™ Arid/Woodland Digital, for wear by the Royal Guard; KA2™ Special Forces Woodland Digital; KA2™ Public Security Directorate Urban Digital; KA2™ Civil Defence Directorate Blue/Grey Digital; KA2™ Deep Blue Digital; and KA2™ Customs Desert Digital.

KA2™ Deep Blue Digital camouflage, shown here, is a four-colour digital pattern, comprising aliased blocks of black, desert blue and navy blue on a light blue background. The pattern has been selected for wear by the Royal Jordanian Navy.

Conceived early in 2004 as a night camouflage pattern for Jordan's Counter Terrorism Battalion 71 (CTB-71), prototype uniforms were delivered in October 2004, many months prior to the U.S. Navy fielding its Navy Working Uniform Digital Pattern — Dominant Blue Option and Navy Working Uniform Digital Pattern — Dominant Gray Option camouflage patterns.

The KA2™ Deep Blue Digital pattern was not adopted by CTB-71 because of the possiblity of confusion with the DPM Blue colour scheme previously used by Jordanian police. With the Public Security Directorate now converting to the KA2™ PSD Urban Gray Digital pattern, however, the Royal Jordanian Navy saw an opportunity to acquire its own distinctively coloured uniform.

Information in this article was provided by Hyperstealth Biotechnology Corp., with permission from the Military Office of His Majesty the King.

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