The INSIDER daily digest -- July 5, 2019

This Friday INSIDER Daily Digest has news on the Navy's new NavalX office, the Space Development Agency's first request for information and more.

NavalX officials are saying the key difference between their work and other Pentagon offices stood up with similar goals is a recognition that the military's top-down approach to change doesn't always work:

NavalX targeting how information is shared to improve Navy's way of business

A new Navy office stood up earlier this year is seeking to improve how the service does business both internally and with industry by changing how information between working-level staff is shared, Navy officials told Inside Defense.

A recent Space Development Agency request for information notes that the agency is seeking "comprehensive solutions" that could contribute to a future space architecture consisting of a notional seven space capability layers:

SDA releases first RFI, plans industry day for late July

The Space Development Agency has issued its first request for information, calling on industry to propose concepts for "an agile, responsive" next-generation space architecture.

Document: Space Development Agency RFI for next-generation space architecture

In May, the National Spectrum Consortium put out a call for "technical concepts related to 5G" on behalf of DOD. The concepts will help the Pentagon conduct market research for "rapidly innovating with 5G technologies":

Spectrum-sharing consortium helping U.S. military chart waters in 5G

A consortium of companies brought together more than four years ago to assist the Defense Department in managing electromagnetic spectrum access is now working to help DOD experiment with fifth-generation wireless technologies.

The Army is giving companies an extra week to refine their respective Lower Tier Air and Missile Defense Sensor prototype proposals:

Army extends LTAMDS proposal deadline

The Army is extending the deadline for Raytheon, Northrop Grumman and the Lockheed Martin-Elta team to complete their proposals for the Lower Tier Air and Missile Defense Sensor competition, pushing the delivery date from July 9 to July 16.

A potential yearlong continuing resolution "is not a realistic solution," a group of prominent Republican senators are telling the White House:

Top GOP senators warn White House against yearlong CR plan

Key Republican senators, including Senate Armed Services Committee Chairman Jim Inhofe (OK), have sent a letter to the White House urging the Trump administration to abandon plans for a yearlong stopgap spending measure, or continuing resolution, should budget negotiations with Democrats fail.

Document: GOP senators' letter to White House on yearlong CR plan

Last but certainly not least, here's some news from our colleagues at Inside Cybersecurity:

RAND researcher launches project on scoring and patching vulnerabilities by companies

A new project to expand and improve the ability of companies to rank and more effectively patch vulnerabilities threatening their systems will be a game changer, according to a RAND Corp. researcher and co-author of an open standard for scoring computer vulnerabilities, which the effort will build on.