News Archive A successful visit to the TTSD (a new Defence Manufacturer's Association sponsored conference) was made by Fothergill Engineered Fabrics in 2004. The new technical textile forum was held for the first time in the prestigious venue of the Royal Armouries, Leeds, in the UK. In addition to the interesting and varied papers given during the two day conference an exhibition was held in tandem for the attendees. Fothergill displayed many and varied applications which are used by its customers in these areas of reinforcements and defence. It was interesting to see that also on display by NP Aerospace was the CAV 100 light armoured vehicle currently in use in Iraq. This vehicle is totally constructed in its armoured solution from woven S2 glass roving produced entirely by Fothergill in its Rock Nook Weaving facility. This vehicle is the only light weight armoured composite vehicle in use by the British Army and has proved successful in many of the UK's theatres of operation. The picture shows the display stand of Fothergill, which included body armours of current issue as well as featuring a novel approach and resolution of the problems encountered in Radome manufacture, which has recently been launched and patented. Interesting to note that these advanced materials used in ballistics and reinforcements continue to dominate the military Thinking due in the main to the advantages which are resultant from their performance, ballistic resistance and weight saving capabilities.