Webinar: MEGATRON After Industry Day: What Contractors Need to Know and Do Next
The Department of the Air Force is moving forward with the DAF Battle Network “MEGATRON” Multiple Award IDIQ, a major new contracting vehicle designed to rapidly deliver capabilities across the Air Force and Space Force command, control, communications, and battle management enterprise.
The acquisition is now taking shape. The Air Force has released its draft Statement of Work, confirmed both a Small Business pool and an unrestricted pool, and will hold its virtual Industry Day on October 7.
Two weeks later, join Bill Schalik, President of OST Global Solutions, for a practical breakdown of what the Government has communicated—and what contractors should be doing now to prepare for the competition.
What We’ll Cover
- What we learned from the MEGATRON Industry Day and the latest Government guidance
- How the acquisition is structured, including the Small Business and unrestricted pools and the implications for prospective bidders
- Understanding the scope across digital architecture, sensor integration, data and AI/ML, secure processing, connectivity, applications, and other DAF Battle Network capabilities
- Assessing your competitive fit, including capability alignment, relevant past performance, and bid/no-bid considerations
- Teaming and positioning strategy—where to prime, where to partner, and how to identify gaps before the solicitation
- What to do next, including capture planning, customer engagement, teaming, win strategy, and proposal readiness
Whether you are already supporting ABMS, XA, or other C3BM programs, currently participating as a subcontractor, or assessing MEGATRON as a new market opportunity, this webinar will help you understand where your organization fits and how to position before the competition moves into the proposal phase.
About the Speaker
Bill Schalik, President of OST Global Solutions, brings more than 30 years of business development, growth, and government contracting experience spanning small businesses, major organizations including Lockheed Martin, and both the public and private sectors. At OST, Bill works directly with government contractors on growth strategy, capture, teaming, and complex competitive pursuits.
October 21, 2026
12:00–1:00 PM ET
Live Online
Join us to turn the latest MEGATRON intelligence into an actionable capture strategy.