CFD Research is proud to announce its transition to a 100% ESOP company as of Oct 2nd, 2023. ESOP, which stands for Employee Stock Ownership Plan, is a retirement plan that empowers employees by granting ownership stock in the company as a cost-free benefit, fostering not only their ownership in the company but also bolstering their retirement savings.
CFD Research Corporation held a groundbreaking ceremony for an additional facility at its Engineering Test Center in Hollywood, AL, on August 28th, 2023.
The Defense Health Agency (DHA) recently awarded CFD Research a contract to develop computer software for generating dynamic warfighter avatars with mission-relevant movements such as walking, running, crawling, and other military-relevant motions. This work will bring realistic motion capabilities to the static avatars currently used by the US Army Research Institute of Environmental Medicine (USARIEM) and provide a novel capability for assessing personalized responses to exercise, load, and extreme environments.
CFD Research has been awarded a $1.25M Direct to Phase II SBIR contract from the U.S. Air Force AFWERX to develop and demonstrate a framework based on energy consumption auditing and deep learning for real-time health monitoring and diagnosis of threats in manufacturing systems. The effort is supporting the Air Force’s Commodities Maintenance Group (CMXG) at Warner Robins Air Logistic Complex.
Hypersonic flight, near or greater than Mach5 and below altitudes of around 90 km, has been the subject of decades of military research. Critical to national defense, the technology presents any number of challenging hurdles and complications.
CFD Research Corporation spins out a digital health company, TheraVista Health Inc., focused on the physical therapy market.
CFD Research has been awarded a $10M SBIR Phase III IDIQ contract from the U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) Munitions Directorate to further develop and apply a unique framework for evolutionary algorithm-based design optimization of guided weapons systems.
Manufacturers using plasma processes in semiconductor production and materials processing will have a new tool to avoid undesirable plasma stratifications using a computer striations model developed by The University of Alabama in Huntsville (UAH) and CFD Research Corp (CFDRC).
For the past five years, CFD Research has held its annual CFD Research-Liz Hurley Golf Classic to benefit the top technology needs of Huntsville Hospital’s Breast Center through the Huntsville Hospital Foundation and its Liz Hurley Breast Cancer Fund.
CFD Research Corporation held a groundbreaking ceremony for a new engineering test and evaluation facility in Hollywood, AL, on November 2nd. Dale Strong, Madison County Commission Chair and candidate for U.S. House of Representatives AL-5, headlined the ceremony. Other speakers included State Senator Steve Livingston, Nathan Lee, President of the Jackson County Economic Development Authority, and Scottsboro Mayor Jim McCamy.