This is at 20 degrees Celsius, so it's a nice comfortable temperature at sea level, which is roughly about 760 miles per hour. Now if the temperature were to drop, so if temperature goes down, so does the speed of sound. And likewise, if the temperature goes up, the speed of sound goes up.
One single company won more than three-quarters of these funds, however, in a single contract win: Hellfire Systems. Hellfire, as we've discussed in the past, is the wholly owned Lockheed Martin (NYSE:LMT) subsidiary that manufactures Hellfire air-to-ground missiles for the military.
Hotpoint was another. While GE manufactures some of its own appliances, and owns other companies which manufacture THEIR own appliances, some appliances are made by Matsushita (parent company of Panasonic) and GE has paid to put their company brand on the products they sell. NEC was another one; don't know if it still is. GE not only manufactures electric and electronic devices, but also aircraft engines, plastics, and even information systems, not to mention its own credit company which finances purchases and mortgages completely unrelated to their products.