US Army Changing their uniform again?

In the past I've posted about the Multicam and how it has worked perfectly. The US Army took the right step forward in choosing the Multicam and made a huge mistake when using the ACU while claiming it was a universal pattern. Let's admit it, it's bad as a universal pattern and only works as a form of camo in urban, mountain range and snowy areas. It only works in rural Afghanistan and fails as a whole in Iraq. When the US Army then decide to go forward with Crye's Multicam, it was an excellent choice. It works from Urban to grassland, the actual Universal pattern that works in all sorts of terrain. Of course it doesn't works so great in snow but it works in much more places compared to the horrible ACU. (For more on the ACU v. Multicam arguments and some of the Marine Corp uniform, click here.) Just take a look at the photos below:

They recently just distributed the uniform to soldiers and now they're developing a new set of uniform. According to MilitaryTimes.com and PEOSoldier.com, the following are the companies researching the new uniform. May as well they just get either Crye or the company that made the Canadian Army CADPAT. They perfected the universal pattern.

1. ADS, Inc. (teamed with Hyperstealth, Inc.) – Virginia Beach, Virginia
2. Brookwood Companies, Inc- New York, NY
3. Crye Precision, LLC – Brooklyn, NY
4. Kryptek, Inc. – Fairbanks, AK
5. Government pattern developed at U.S. Army Natick Soldier Research, Development and Engineering Center (NSRDEC), Natick, MA

Some the readers of this blog probably has heard of Crye in my older posts about the Multicam. Now, from some research over the internet, some of uniforms do look cool but isn't it too early to move away from Multicam? Some of the designs are pretty interesting, moving away from the digicam most countries try to imitate.

Here's the design by ADS Inc (Some sites say that they're teaming up with GuyCramer but some say it's Hyperstealth Inc, I'm not so sure which correct.) Apparently they're calling the pattern Ghostex (and some variants).

There are more variants of Ghostex here.

I couldn't find any patterns from Brookwood and this is the first time I've heard from the company. For Crye, I believe that they're putting out a variant of Multicam in the running because one of the rules is that the uniform created must not be commercially available before the selection. The one that actually caught my eye after researching is the Kryptek uniform. They actually came up with this new styled of camo that drops the DigiCam style. Their so-called 3D uniform is probably the only one that is bringing something new to table. It looks pretty sci-fi and so far it is satisfying the nerd in me. I can't judge for the moment cause I am yet to see it in an actual environment.

For more info on the Kryptek "3D uniform", visit here.

I'm not so sure about the government owned uniform from NSRDEC but some people in forums actually say it's the original ACU/UCP with brown patches like the one below:

Let's admit it. It's just ACU/UCP in dirt. Plus, you guys are no longer in Iraq anyway.

If the US Army is going to change their uniform, just make sure it's better than the current Multicam. My money is on Crye anyway.

Source(s):
(1) http://militarytimes.com/blogs/gearscout
(2) http://www.ghostex.com/
(3) http://soldiersystems.net
(4) http://www.kryptek.com/leaf/
(5) http://www.ar15.com
(6) http://www.multicampattern.com/

*This is just a civilian's POV. I'm in no way affiliated with any military or military-related companies/research and finally, correct me if I'm wrong on any of the info here.