The major part of CFDRC's business is the development of engineering analysis software. In addition to advanced numerical methods and physical models, CFDRC employs state-of-the-art software engineering practices, including:

• Modular code structure, using object oriented programming, in C++, JAVA, C, and F90 programming languages.
• Extensible data definitions and data structures by using Object Oriented Design.
• Maximize code reuse by using software libraries and Application Programming Interface (API).
• Customizable Graphical User Interfaces based on JAVA, FOX, and OPEN-GL. XML and Python script languages are used for end user customization of the GUI. FOX is a cross platform GUI toolkit (native on Windows and Unix) which originated at CFDRC. FOX is in the public domain and has numerous users worldwide.
• Parallel distributed programming techniques with MPI and CORBA, and domain decomposition software.
• Engineering application knowledge of neural nets, optimization methods and software, and Design of Experiments (DoE) methods.

Following the ISO-9001 guidelines, CFDRC maintains its own Software Quality Manual for software design, development, testing, maintenance, and documentation.