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Leading National Defense Aerospace Manufacturing
TDAMC members can be found across the entire state with a focus on the region known as the Texas Triangle. This encompasses Dallas-Ft. Worth, Austin, San Antonio, Houston, the aerospace-heavy counties surrounding Corpus Christi, and the Rio Grande Valley with its emerging space activities.
Our Reach
$95B
Texas total defense contracts
(19% of U.S. contracts)
$83B
Texas aerospace defense contracts
(87% of Texas total defense contracts)
$81B
TDAMC region aerospace defense contracts
(96% of Texas aerospace defense and 27% of U.S. aerospace defense contracts)
Our region covers
77,000
Square miles
which is 29% of the state of Texas
24.6M
estimated population in the 84 counties of our region
(2019)
84%
of manufacturing
employment in Texas is in our region
(more than 740,000 employees)
95%
of the aerospace
manufacturing employment in Texas is in our region
(nearly 36,000 employees)
Part of the Texas A&M Engineering Experiment Station
The Texas Defense Aerospace Manufacturing Community is part of a larger consortium through the Texas A&M Engineering Experiment Station. As part of the Texas A&M Engineering Experiment Station, we provide programs, partnerships and opportunities from all over the nation. When you join TDAMC, you also become part of the Texas A&M Engineering Experiment Station.
TDAMC connects national support and imperatives to provide a local and regional impact. Whether you are a small or medium manufacturer looking to diversify and strengthen your defense aerospace manufacturing portfolio, a large aerospace supply chain manager, or something in between, we want you to join us.