(Huntsville, Ala. | July 19, 2022) CFD Research Corporation announced in April 2021 the opening of an office at Signal Hill in Dayton, OH, and the appointment of George Dalton as its Vice President of Dayton operations to support customers at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base (WPAFB). These customers include the National Air and Space Intelligence Center (NASIC), the Air Force Research Lab (AFRL), the Air Force Life Cycle Management Center (AFLCMC), and the Naval Medical Research Unit – Dayton (NAMRU-D), among others. CFD Research is a Huntsville, AL-based company with offices in Ft Walton Beach, FL, San Antonio, TX, Atlanta, GA, and now Dayton, OH.
Sameer Singhal, President and CEO, said, “Our customers recognize CFD Research for our 33-year history in providing ground-breaking solutions in Aerospace, Propulsion, Energy, Materials, Life Sciences, and Cyber & Data Sciences. This includes innovative physics-based modeling and simulation, hypersonics, Warfighter protection/performance, material property prediction, AI/ML, and other game-changing technologies. We have been able to provide hands-on, prototyping, testing, and evaluation support to our Huntsville, AL based customers including the Army, NASA, and the Missile Defense Agency for the past three decades. With the opening of our Dayton office, and George’s leadership, we will be able to provide that same level of support to our Dayton customers to transition our unique capabilities and research into long-term acquisition programs and products for the Warfighter.”
In addition to the previously listed capabilities, CFD Research’s support to the WPAFB community also includes innovative hardware, software, and algorithms for GEOINT, MASINT, SIGINT, and cyber systems that operate in contested environments.
As Vice President of Dayton operations, Mr. Dalton leads these technology transition activities using 37 years of combined systems engineering and management experience. He brings 25 years of active duty and civil service experience in the Air Force, leading sophisticated engineering programs for air and space systems. In his first year since starting with CFD Research, Mr. Dalton has led the capture of the $42.6M Small Business Innovative Research (SBIR) Phase III contract from the Air Force to apply Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning (AI/ML) across a wide variety of sensor systems using the Sensor Open System Architecture (SOSA). He also captured the multiple-award indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract to compete for orders under a $950,000,000 ceiling for the maturation, demonstration, and proliferation of capability across platforms and domains, leveraging open systems design, modern software, and algorithm development in order to enable Joint All Domain Command and Control (JADC2). He is also rapidly growing the local Dayton workforce with the capture of six subcontracts for state-of-the-art R&D work in AI/ML, Sensor exploitation, open cloud-based architecture, and sensor integration for larger contractors supporting our customers in AFLCMC, AFRL, and NASIC.
Most recently, Dalton was the deputy director of Jacobs’ Innovative Aerospace Systems Division, where he oversaw both daily operations and the transition of new capabilities into the field, including the development of AgilePod® and the transitioning of Gotcha II technologies to space-based sensing. He previously led innovative and paradigm-changing efforts such as Blue Devil Block I, the Defense Enterprise Accounting and Management System (DEAMS), and Space Battle Management Core Systems (SBMCS). Dalton has a long history of growing organizations and creating new capabilities, and he brings a wealth of experience and energy to serve CFD Research’s customers.
About CFD Research: Since its inception in 1987, CFD Research has worked with government agencies, businesses, and academia to provide innovative solutions within the Aerospace & Defense, Biomedical & Life Sciences, and Energy & Materials industries. Over the years CFD Research has earned multiple national awards for the successful application and commercialization of innovative technology prototypes, multi-physics simulation software, multi-disciplinary analyses, and expert support services. CFD Research’s impressive three-year growth rate was high enough to recognize the company in the Inc. Magazine’s 5000 for the second year in a row. CFD Research is an ISO9001 and AS9100 registered company and is appraised at CMMI Level II for services.
