TCC at SAMPE 2026

Advancing the Future of Composites, Materials, & Manufacturing Together

The Composites Consortium (TCC) and SAMPE North America are convening a joint technical meeting designed to bring the composites and advanced materials community together across defense, industry, and research. This collaboration highlights the deep alignment between both organizations: a shared commitment to advancing composites, materials, maturing manufacturing processes, and strengthening the technical workforce that drives innovation in high‑performance structures. While the TCC Proceedings are invite only, all SAMPE ITAR attendees are invited to attend - Thursday, April 30, 2026 at the Seattle Convention Center, Summit Building.

TCC represents a coordinated network of more than 30 organizations—defense contractors, primes, suppliers, small businesses, and academic partners—working collectively to solve the Department of Defense’s most complex composites challenges. With a mission grounded in technical excellence, data sharing, and collaborative development, TCC accelerates the transition of composite technologies into critical DoD systems. Its long-standing partnerships with ONR, OSD ManTech, AFRL, ARL, NASA, and DHS position the consortium as a central hub for defense‑focused composites advancement.

SAMPE North America, the leading professional society for materials and process engineering, brings together scientists, engineers, and technologists who specialize in composites, advanced materials, and manufacturing processes. As the only technical society that spans the full spectrum of materials and processing disciplines, SAMPE provides a powerful platform for knowledge exchange, emerging technologies, and professional development. Its conferences, technical forums, and publications serve as the backbone of the composites engineering community across the U.S., Canada, and Mexico.

A Meeting Built Around Composites Innovation

This joint event is designed to strengthen the connective tissue between TCC’s mission-driven composites development and SAMPE’s broad materials and process engineering ecosystem. Attendees will benefit from:

• A unified composites knowledge base — Bringing together defense-driven R&D with the broader materials and process community to accelerate innovation.

• Technical deep dives — Focused sessions on composite structures, manufacturing technologies, automation, digital engineering, sustainment, and material performance.

• Cross‑sector collaboration — Government program managers, industry leaders, and academic researchers working side-by-side to address emerging composites challenges.

• Technology transition pathways — Discussions centered on moving composite solutions from research to qualification to fielded systems.

Why This Partnership Matters

The composites landscape is evolving rapidly—driven by new materials, advanced manufacturing, sustainability goals, digital tools, and the need for rapid transition to the warfighter. TCC and SAMPE each play a critical role in this evolution, and their collaboration creates a uniquely powerful environment where:

• Defense requirements meet cutting‑edge materials research

• Manufacturing innovation aligns with real‑world application needs

• The composites workforce gains access to broader expertise and resources

• Ideas move faster from concept to implementation

Together, TCC and SAMPE are strengthening the composites ecosystem, accelerating technology development, and shaping the future of high‑performance materials.