美国国防工业承包商及航空航天制造商洛克希德·马丁公司向UNB提供400万美元的研究经费。研究包括了空中飞行的鸟，陨石或者是航天器碎片对于飞机的影响。
UNB获得这笔经费主要是因为加拿大政府根据加拿大工业福利政策支持向美国洛克希德·马丁公司购买了17架C-130J大力神战术运输机的情况下，希望洛克希德·马丁公司能投资在加拿大先进的技术部门。
UNB空间科学中心主任John Spray称这笔400万美元的经费将用来设立一个研究高速冲击的实验室。中心将去了解冰雹和飞行中的鸟与飞机互撞对于商业飞机威胁的程度。这个新的“技术盾牌”将在该实验室将协助保护地球和空间基础设施。UNB空间科学中心目前已经有可观的数据和经验去调查可能撞击的地球和其他行星的陨石。但这笔新的经费将让学校运将知识去应用在世界上。

那先捐200万呗。。。

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找到了，果然牛啊

May 16, 2008
UNB Fredericton News Release: E346
Sandra Howland, Manager, Communications and Marketing (506) 458-7968

Professor John Spray has received $4 million from Lockheed Martin to establish a high-speed impact laboratory at the University of New Brunswick's Planetary and Space Science Centre.

The funding is a result of Lockheed Martin’s industrial benefits commitments to Canada arising from the government's purchase of 17 C-130J Super Hercules aircraft. Industry Minister Jim Prentice was on hand to welcome the announcement.

For more than 20 years the Planetary and Space Science Centre (PASSC) research team has been investigating the high-energy effects of meteorites and comets hitting Earth and other planets.

"Our group has considerable expertise in what high-speed impact can do to natural materials in terms of structural change and damage" said Dr. Spray, director of PASSC. "The goal is to transform that knowledge into real-world applications by developing new materials that are more impact resistant. Lockheed Martin's contribution will allow us to develop a world-class facility with state-of-the-art equipment."

The funding will be used to test materials under high-speed collision conditions and to develop new materials to protect people, vehicles and infrastructure.

“For example, a major hazard for orbiting telecommunication satellites is the threat of micrometeorite and space debris collision,” said Dr. Spray, who holds the Canada Research Chair in Planetary Materials. “If we can help to design new lightweight compounds to shield these assets, then we will have made a valuable contribution.”

The funding from Lockheed Martin is part of a broader initiative to develop shielding technologies for the aerospace, space and defence sectors.

“We anticipate privatizing aspects of our activities after five years” said Dr. Spray. “We also intend to build strong, complementary manufacturing partnerships within Atlantic Canada. The increased use of lightweight composite materials instead of metals in aircraft structures requires a better understanding of how those materials perform under high impact conditions".

For commercial aircraft, this includes how best to limit damage due to ice and hail impact and bird strikes. The new laboratory will be able to reproduce these conditions, while providing inspiring training opportunities for undergraduate and graduate students in science and engineering.

“This is a very exciting opportunity, with scope for increasing university-industry relations as we transform academic knowledge into applied products,” said Dr. Spray.

Headquartered in Bethesda, Md., Lockheed Martin employs over 140,000 people worldwide, including more than 500 Lockheed Martin Canada employees. The corporation is principally engaged in the research, design, development, manufacture and integration of advanced technology systems, products and services. The corporation reported 2006 sales of $39.6 billion.

The Planetary and Space Science Centre at the University of New Brunswick in Fredericton is the only NASA-supported regional planetary image facility in Canada. Established in 2001, it is Canada’s national database for NASA’s space science archives and Canada’s space science databases. The core of PASSC is its research program into high-speed impact, shock wave-materials behaviour and planetary science.