The new armour and helmet were unveiled at the MoD's DVD 2009 event at the Millbrook Proving Ground in Bedfordshire.

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At that event, he castigated the motion picture industry for its lawsuit against distributors of DeCSS and said he hoped that commercial companies would fill the need in the event that the MPAA and DVD Copy Control Association suits succeed.

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