Tear, puncture: the panels still light up.

• Author: Williams, Robert H.
• Position: FAST ATTACK - Electroluminescent panels - Brief article

A partnership between the Natick Soldier Center in Natick, Mass., and Crosslink of St. Louis, Mo., has yielded electroluminescent panels for troops in the field. The lightweight and flexible panels provide plenty of white illumination and they are durable, says Benjamin LaPointe, Natick project officer.

The panels, he explains, "can be attached to tent walls, and the lighting can be collapsed with the shelter so that troops don't have to...