
Leidos [LDOS] on Tuesday said longtime Boeing [BA] executive Roger Krone will become its new CEO effective July 14, succeeding John Jumper who will continue as the company’s chairman. Krone was head of Boeing’s $8.5 billion Network & Space Systems (N&SS) business, one of three segments that make up the company’s $33.2 billion defense division. At N&SS, Krone oversaw systems and services as diverse as electronic and information solutions, strategic missile and defense systems, space and intelligence systems, and space…