Aurora GM to head EA plant

Former Columbus-based Aurora Flight Sciences general manager Reed Morren has been named plant manager of Eaton Aerospace Group’s Fuel and Motion Control Systems Division manufacturing facility in Jackson. The Eaton plant is one of the world’s largest aerospace hydraulic pump manufacturing centers - supplying an array of components for commercial/military aircraft - employing about 550. The Jackson team also is the hydraulic system designer for the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter. Morren holds a bachelor’s degree in business administration from the University of Southern Mississippi. Source: Mississippi Business Journal, 03/24/14.