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Combat Identification Panels for U.S. Marines:

Crossroads is now under contract to equip Marine Corps vehicles with Combat Identification Panels like those we have manufactured for the U.S. Army since 1998.  These panels enable military personnel to quickly identify friendly vehicles from enemy vehicles on the... Read More

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Combat Identification Panel
Crossroads Combat Identification Panels are fabricated and assembled in our Indianapolis facility.
Crossroads has been entrusted by the U.S. Government to manufacture Combat Identification Panels (CIPs) for war vehicles, like tanks and Humvees. These panels are designed to reduce or eliminate the incidence of friendly fire in combat areas. More than 400,000 Combat Identification Panels have been produced by Crossroads over the last six years.

The CIPs provides a combat identification capability to reduce fratricide in a "ground to ground" mode with a limited "air to ground" capability. The CIPs are of various sizes and covered on one side with a special paint and the other side with thermal reflective tape. No power source is required. The CIPs are attached to the vehicle with bolts, velcro or mounting frames. CIPs can be mounted in an operational (thermal tape out) mode, or reversed to a non-operational Chemical Agent Resistant Coating (CARC) paint side out with the words "THIS SIDE OFF" showing) mode. When observed through a FLIR thermal viewer, the CIPs show up as a contrasting cold spot in the hot target image.

Panel on Tank
Crossroads Combat Identification Panels are used to identify American military vehicles from great distances, helping to avoid devastating friendly fire accidents.
Military Tank
Crossroads Combat Identification Panels save lives of soldiers in the field.

With the potential of an improperly produced panel causing failure on the battlefield where lives are at stake, quality is of the utmost importance. At Crossroads Industrial Services, where quality is always of the utmost importance, we apply the same zero defect quality standards on commercial projects as we do on military projects. Read More About Crossroads Quality Standards.



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