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Owens Corning has been providing materials for our national defense efforts since World War II. Today, glass fiber reinforcements, like S-2 Glass® fiber, are important in structural and non-structural aircraft applications used in the military. Specific applications include aircraft flooring, interior panels, wing-to-body farings, helicopter blades, radomes and cargo liners. Braided sleeving and tubing is used extensively for electrical and heat insulation in military aircraft.

Glass fiber composite armor systems are utilized on many military vehicles and weapon systems in both land- and naval-based operations.

The military uses S-2 Glass fibers to protect troops from gunfire, because it can absorb extreme impacts. You can find S-2 Glass fibers inside armored personnel carriers and on the gun mounts of tanks. S-2 Glass composites made with S2 glass composites made with S-2 glass fibers have helped save lives in Bosnia, where the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) uses S-2 glass fiber reinforced Courtaulds CAV 100 armored personnel carriers to transport people through danger zones.

In a non-military armor application, Owens Corning's ZenTron™ high strength fibers are being used to reinforce the door panels of police cars in Mexico and other nations to protect officers from side impacts, bullets and explosives shrapnel.

The tough, dependable performance of Owens Corning glass fiber reinforcements is making the world a safer, more secure place for everyone.

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