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Krone doesn&#8217;t plan to change that, but he does expect the Lockheed acquisition to expand his customer base, diversify his markets, and give Leidos cost leadership in the business areas it addresses.\u00a0 With 34,000 employees, the combined operation will be able to pursue just about any opportunity it considers attractive, but Krone stresses he is more interested in generating cash and earnings on a sustainable basis that just becoming the biggest player in the business.\u00a0 I have written a commentary for Forbes<a href=\"http:\/\/www.forbes.com\/sites\/lorenthompson\/2016\/03\/30\/as-leidos-doubles-in-size-ceo-roger-krone-sees-a-world-of-opportunity-in-high-end-services\/#61921e2111ef\">\u00a0<strong>here<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Leidos Holdings, Inc. has surmounted the latest regulatory hurdle on its path to acquiring the Information Systems &amp; Global Solutions business of Lockheed Martin.\u00a0 Assuming that transaction is completed later this year as planned, Leidos will become a $10 billion solutions\u00a0enterprise with a business mix split evenly between defense\/intelligence customers and civil\/commercial customers.\u00a0 The unifying [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v22.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>As Leidos Doubles In Size, CEO Roger Krone Sees A World Of Opportunity In High-End Services (From Forbes) - Lexington Institute<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.lexingtoninstitute.org\/leidos-doubles-size-ceo-roger-krone-sees-world-opportunity-high-end-services-forbes\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"As Leidos Doubles In Size, CEO Roger Krone Sees A World Of Opportunity In High-End Services (From Forbes) - Lexington Institute\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Leidos Holdings, Inc. has surmounted the latest regulatory hurdle on its path to acquiring the Information Systems &amp; Global Solutions business of Lockheed Martin.\u00a0 Assuming that transaction is completed later this year as planned, Leidos will become a $10 billion solutions\u00a0enterprise with a business mix split evenly between defense\/intelligence customers and civil\/commercial customers.\u00a0 The unifying [&hellip;]\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.lexingtoninstitute.org\/leidos-doubles-size-ceo-roger-krone-sees-world-opportunity-high-end-services-forbes\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Lexington Institute\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2016-03-30T20:41:34+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.lexingtoninstitute.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/lex_share.png\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"200\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"200\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/png\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Loren B. 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