
Britain’s BAE Systems plc yesterday said that Linda Hudson, the head of its multi-billion dollar operations in the United States, will retire in March 2014, giving the company time find a successor and help ensure a smooth leadership transition at the U.K. company’s critical U.S. business. Hudson, 62, in 2009 became president and CEO of BAE Systems, Inc., the name for BAE’s operations in the United States, after leading the company’s Land and Armaments Sector since 2007 (Defense Daily, Oct.…