CFD Research is an engineering and technology firm founded in 1987 that helps government and commercial partners carry complex ideas from early research into working systems. Its work spans modeling and simulation, software engineering, prototyping, testing and evaluation, and technology integration. The company's origins lie in computational fluid dynamics, and it has since broadened into multi-physics simulation, sensing and intelligence technology, materials engineering, and energy technology.
The firm develops multi-physics simulation software, test and evaluation tools, and advanced prototypes, and provides expert engineering services to national laboratories, universities, Fortune 500 companies, and emerging technology businesses. Its work serves sectors including aerospace, defense, life sciences, intelligence, sensing, materials, and energy.
CFD Research is 100% employee-owned, a structure the company describes as sharing both the rewards and the responsibility of success. It cites collaboration, hands-on technical work, and continuous learning as working principles, alongside freedom for employee-owners to pursue ideas with measurable impact for customers and missions.
Headquarters and laboratory facilities are located in Huntsville, Alabama, with three further office and laboratory sites in Hollywood, Alabama; Dayton, Ohio; and Fort Walton Beach, Florida.
