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.
Chris Cowland, Chryslerâs director of advanced and SRT powertrain, recently came clean with the engineering secrets behind the 707-hp 6.2-liter Hellcat V-8. In case you just stirred from suspended animation, this Dodge Challenger SRT engine is the most potent powerplant ever sold to customers for road use by any American manufacturer.