BAE Systems has announced it has developed a Star Trek-esque invisibility cloak that makes tanks invisible to the enemy.

The invisibility cloak, called Adaptiv uses on board thermal cameras to record the tanks surroundings. It then relays the information to the external cloak, which is made up of hexagonal pixels that can change temperature very quickly. This renders the tank invisible to infra-red sensors at makes them extremely difficult to detect at night.

The technology also has the capability can also make tanks look like a cow.