Doubleday, Hudson honored

Inside the Pentagon Managing Editor Justin Doubleday and Inside the Navy Managing Editor Lee Hudson have been lauded for their work by the Washington, DC, Pro chapter of the Society of Professional Journalists, each earning "Finalist" recognition in the Dateline Awards for 2017 Journalism.

Doubleday was a Finalist in the "Breaking News" category for his story about the Pentagon's plan to select one cloud services provider for the entire Defense Department.

Hudson was a Finalist in the "Beat Reporting" category for her coverage of the F-35C Joint Strike Fighter carrier variant.

Here is Justin Doubleday's story, available to all:

Industry concerned about Pentagon plan to 'lock in' one cloud services provider

Here are Lee Hudson's stories, available to all:

* F-35C design fix to support AIM-9X missile weight will cost $8.8M

* Joint Strike Fighter cost estimate continues to climb

* Navy official skeptical F-35 helmet will be ready for fall carrier test

* JSF test pilots recommend new set of strap-in procedures for carrier variant

(First place in the same category went to Jenny Leonard at Inside U.S. Trade, a sister publication.)