Lee Hudson

Lee Hudson was Inside the Navy's managing editor until June 2018. She has covered Navy and Marine Corps issues since 2011, reporting at the Pentagon, Capitol Hill, aboard ships and military facilities around the U.S. Previously she worked as a staff reporter at The Daily Review in Morgan City, LA, covering local government and crime. Lee graduated with a B.A. in Mass Communication and Marketing from Loyola University New Orleans.

Archived Articles
Daily News | October 23, 2017

The Navy's Littoral Combat Ship program executive officer is working with Navy budget officials to identify additional modernization items that could be included in the service's fiscal year 2019 budget request.

The Insider | October 23, 2017

The second Ford-class aircraft carrier, the John F. Kennedy (CVN-79), is 60 percent structurally complete, according to Newport News Shipbuilding.

The Insider | October 23, 2017

Some must-reads from this week's issue of Inside the Navy.

Daily News | October 18, 2017

The Navy will apply lessons learned from the Strategic Capabilities Office's Ghost Fleet project to the service's unmanned undersea vehicle programs, according to the Littoral Combat Ship program executive officer.

Daily News | October 18, 2017

The Navy and Marine Corps plan to release an Expeditionary Advanced Base Operations concept this fall that is subordinate to the Littoral Operations in a Contested Environment construct, according to a Marine Corps official.

Daily News | October 17, 2017

The Navy refuses to equip the P-8A Poseidon maritime patrol aircraft with intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance sensors the Air Force flight tested on the RQ-4 Global Hawk because of size, weight and power constrictions.

The Insider | October 16, 2017

The Navy today awarded a $59.7 million contract to Huntington Ingalls Industries for the overhaul of the attack submarine Boise (SSN-764) because of a backlog at the public shipyards.

Daily News | October 16, 2017

The Navy plans to release a request for proposals for guided-missile frigate replacement design development next month, according to a presolicitation notice.

The Insider | October 16, 2017

The Navy will conduct at-sea Joint Strike Fighter testing off the coast of California this week instead of the East Coast as initially planned because service assets are tied up responding to hurricane relief efforts.

The Insider | October 16, 2017

Some must-reads from this week's issue of Inside the Navy.

The Insider | October 11, 2017

In the wake of multiple collisions in U.S. 7th Fleet, Naval Surface Forces commander Vice Adm. Thomas Rowden is directing that all surface ships undergo a "ready for sea assessment," according to an official information dispatch.

The Insider | October 11, 2017

The Navy released the final air system engineering manufacturing and development request for proposals earlier this month for the MQ-25 unmanned tanker.

Daily News | October 11, 2017

The Navy has several high profile acquisition programs at risk if Congress adopts a six-month continuing resolution -- the Joint Strike Fighter, Columbia-class ballistic missile submarine and the Ford-class aircraft carrier.

Daily News | October 11, 2017

The Marine Corps will continue experimenting with 17 technologies it evaluated during an April advanced naval technology exercise later this year in Bold Alligator 2017, Steel Knight and Dawn Blitz 2017, according to presentation slides viewed by Inside the Navy.

Daily News | October 10, 2017

Two ground combat vehicle manufacturers, BAE Systems and General Dynamics Land Systems, are ready to compete in the Marine Corps' fifth-generation armored reconnaissance vehicle to replace the Light Armored Vehicle fleet.

The Insider | October 10, 2017

The Navy's AN/DVS-1 Coastal Battlefield Reconnaissance and Analysis airborne mine detection system has achieved initial operational capability.

The Insider | October 10, 2017

Some must-reads from this week's issue of Inside the Navy.

Daily News | October 5, 2017

The Navy is permitting the 65 percent of its T-45C Goshawk training aircraft outfitted with a new temperature and oxygen pressure system to fly, following a number of physiological episodes, according to a service official.

Daily News | October 4, 2017

The Pentagon is paying Lockheed Martin $60 million for Joint Strike Fighter cost savings projects to reduce the cost of the F-35.

Daily News | October 4, 2017

The Marine Corps is looking to industry for a fixed-wing Group 1 unmanned aerial system that can provide reconnaissance, surveillance and target acquisition during the day and night, according to a request for information.

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