DAF Battle Network "Megatron" MAC IDIQ

Updated Nov 4, 2026

Special Notice from the Department of the Air Force.

Bid documents (7)

• Attachment 1: DBN MAC IDIQ Draft Statement of Work controlled: request access on SAM.gov
• Attachment 2: DBN MAC IDIQ Draft Statement of Work Feedback and Question Template controlled: request access on SAM.gov
• DBN (Megatron) MAC IDIQ Draft Statement of Work Request for Feedback 226 KB
• DAF BN MEGATRON Industry Day Briefing.mp4 controlled: request access on SAM.gov
• DBN ABMS Portfolio Industry Brief controlled: request access on SAM.gov
• MEGATRON Industry Day Questions and Answers Form
• MEGATRON Teaming Facilitation Form

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Description

The DAF Battle Network (DBN) "Megatron" MAC IDIQ provides an agile and competitive contracting framework to rapidly deliver capabilities and address the full spectrum of PAE C3BM requirements throughout the program lifecycle. PROGRAM OVERVIEW The DBN MAC IDIQ will be a hybrid supply and service contract vehicle supporting the development, procurement, assembly, delivery, and sustainment of PAE C3BM product lines.

Under this contract, customers will be able to procure mission-critical capabilities across digital architecture, sensor integration, secure processing, connectivity, applications, and synthetic environment development to integrate USAF and USSF C3 programs and deliver resilient decision advantage. This vehicle will be awarded with a Small Business pool and an unrestricted pool of awardees.

PURPOSE This Special Notice serves as the official landing page for the DBN "Megatron" MAC IDIQ. The Notice ID will remain consistent throughout SAM.gov postings. Interested industry partners should "Follow" this notice on SAM.gov to receive automated notifications regarding: Updates to program schedule Draft Statement of Work (SOW) releases Draft solicitation documents Upcoming Industry Day event details ANNOUNCEMENTS 03 Nov 2026: The Megatron team has uploaded two controlled attachments for the DAF Battle Network “Megatron” pre-solicitation Industry Day: DBN ABMS Portfolio Industry Brief presented by Col Bai Lan Zhu, Senior Materiel Leader, ABMS File Type: PowerPoint Show (.ppsx) Distribution Statement F DAF Battle Network “Megatron” Industry Day presented by J. Ryan Compton, Program Manager File Type: Video (.mp4) Distribution Statement D Disclaimer & Acquisition Notice This posting and the associated briefings are issued solely for information and planning purposes.

This announcement does not constitute a solicitation, Request for Proposal, or promise of contract award. The Government will not pay for any information submitted or administrative costs incurred in response to this notice. All requirements, acquisition strategies, and schedule timelines are subject to change.

Controlled Unclassified Information (CUI) The Industry Day attachments contain CUI and are marked with Distribution Statement D or Distribution Statement F, as applicable. Distribution Statement D material may be distributed only to authorized DoD personnel and U.S. DoD contractors/grantees in furtherance of the applicable contractual purpose; other requests must be referred to the controlling DoD office.

Distribution Statement F material may not be further distributed without direction from the controlling DoD office or higher DoD authority. Public release of either attachment is prohibited unless separately authorized through applicable DoD public-release procedures. Under Department of War regulations and Distribution Statement D and Distribution Statement F controls, foreign-owned entities must have an active, DCSA-approved FOCI mitigation agreement (such as an SSA or Proxy Agreement) verified prior to being granted access.

Otherwise, they cannot access the files directly and may only participate as subcontractors under a cleared domestic U.S. prime contractor. Requesting Access to Industry Day Briefings & Draft SOW To access and download the Industry Day briefings, interested companies must click “Request Access” next to the attachments below. Please be patient while your request is in the queue for approval.

If you do not see the option to request access, please refer to the Troubleshooting SAM.gov Access Requests posted below on 21 Sep 2026. If your organization has not viewed the Draft SOW, it is still available for download through this Special Notice. Questions & Inquiries You may submit questions on the DAF BN “Megatron” Industry Day Briefing via the following form: forms.osi.apps.mil/r/mM9H6cLYPq A QR code is also available to scan directly within the Industry Day brief.

Please limit questions strictly to the briefing charts; do not resubmit SOW questions. The form will close on 08 November 2026 at 2359 EST, though the files will remain available for download after this time. Acquisition Schedule & Status Updates: Acquisition Schedule: The final Request for Proposal (RFP) release is currently targeted for early- to mid-December 2026.

Government’s Draft SOW Q&A Matrix: The Megatron team appreciates the thorough responses and feedback submitted regarding the Draft SOW. We are actively consolidating, de-conflicting, and adjudicating the substantial volume of questions received to ensure the Q&A Matrix we release is both comprehensive and informative. We appreciate your patience and will publish the matrix to SAM.gov as soon as possible.

Teaming Facilitation To assist industry collaboration and partnership formation across both large and small businesses, the Government is facilitating voluntary vendor teaming identification. Interested vendors may submit their entity information via the Teaming Facilitation Form: forms.osi.apps.mil/r/W6ZGXce3DG

Please note the following terms governing the teaming list: Voluntary Participation: Submission of this form is entirely voluntary. Intended Use & Public Distribution: Information gathered via this form will be shared within this Special Notice publicly (without access control) among all interested industry partners to promote visibility and subcontracting/partnering opportunities.

No Government Endorsement: The compilation and sharing of this information is provided solely as an administrative courtesy; none of the information or participating entities are Government-sponsored, recommended, or endorsed. No Proprietary Information: Do not submit proprietary, business-sensitive, or competition-sensitive information through this form. Vendor Responsibility: Industry partners are solely responsible for conducting all matchmaking, executing Non-Disclosure Agreements (NDAs), performing Organizational Conflict of Interest (OCI) assessments, and establishing any

The description continues in the official notice.

Contracting contact

• Julie Payne · [email protected]

As published on the official notice. Ask questions in writing and before any questions deadline the notice sets.

Is your business small enough?

For NAICS 541715, a business counts as small if it has no more than 11 employees (SBA size standard, with exceptions in the notes). This notice is set aside, so only businesses under that size, or in the named program, can bid. SBA table, current as of Oct 15, 2026.

Notice history

• Oct 22, 2026: Special Notice
• Oct 7, 2026: Special Notice
• Oct 5, 2026: Special Notice
• Sep 21, 2026: Special Notice
• Sep 4, 2026: Special Notice
• Aug 5, 2026: Special Notice

Companies that win this kind of work

Federal contractors paid for research and development in the physical, engineering, and life sciences work, who also hold Air Force contracts (last 12 months): possible competitors, or partners to team with.

• The Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory LLC $1.9 billion in this trade
• Lockheed Martin Corporation $1.8 billion in this trade
• Raytheon Company $1.7 billion in this trade
• The Aerospace Corporation $1.1 billion in this trade
• Booz Allen Hamilton Inc $791.0 million in this trade

About the buyer

The Department of the Air Force awarded $83.4 billion in contracts in the last 12 months; its biggest suppliers were The Boeing Company, The Boeing Company and Raytheon Company. See what Air Force is buying now.

Who can bid: Small Business set-aside

Total and partial small business set-asides are open to any business under the SBA size standard for the notice's NAICS code.

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Research and Development in the Physical, Engineering, and Life Sciences contracts right now

There are 270 open government contract opportunities in this trade (NAICS 541715), 43 posted in the last 7 days; 30% are set aside for small businesses. The agencies buying the most are Department of the Air Force, Department of the Army and Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA). Most of the work with a stated place is in Maryland, District of Columbia and Virginia. A notice in this trade gives a median of 57 days from posting to deadline.

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