S-TEC Corporation
# S-TEC Corporation

S-TEC Corporation is a United States corporation that was founded in 1978 and is headquartered in Mineral Wells, Texas. It manufactures flight control systems for the General Aviation aftermarket and for a number of original equipment manufacturers. S-TEC is the leader in the general aviation autopilot market for small- and mid-sized planes.

## Customers

Genesys Aerosystems has a number of forward-fit autopilot customers including Pilatus, Indonesian Aerospace, Epic Aircraft, and Aviat Aircraft. Their latest autopilot, the S-TEC 3100, has earned Supplemental Type Certificate (STC) on over 100 aircraft models.

## History

Meggitt acquired S-TEC and S-TEC Unmanned Technologies (SUTI) for $24 million in 2000. (DRS Technologies purchased the UAV business from Meggitt in 2002 but later closed the Mineral Wells facility.)

S-TEC was purchased for $38 million by Cobham plc in 2008.

In April 2014, Cobham sold Chelton Flight Systems and S-TEC Corporation to Genesys Aerosystems.

## Products

### Avionics

* Autopilot for small- and mid-sized planes
* S-TEC 5000
* S-TEC 3100
* S-TEC 2100
* S-TEC IntelliFlight 1950
* S-TEC System 65
* S-TEC System 60-2
* S-TEC System 55X
* S-TEC System 40/50
* S-TEC System 30ALT/60PSS
* S-TEC System 20/30
* SA-200 Altitude Pre-Selector
* ST-360 Altitude Pre-Selector w/Alerter
* GPSS
* Yaw Damper

### Aircraft

* S-TEC Sentry
