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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.

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S-TEC Corporation

Type	Private
Industry	Aerospace
Founded	1978
Headquarters	Mineral Wells, Texas, USA
Products	Avionics
Parent	Genesys Aerosystems
Website

Customers

Genesys Aerosystems has a number of forward-fit autopilot customers including Pilatus, Indonesian Aerospace,[1] Epic Aircraft, and Aviat Aircraft.[2] Their latest autopilot, the S-TEC 3100, has earned Supplemental Type Certificate (STC) on over 100 aircraft models.[3]

History

Meggitt acquired S-TEC and S-TEC Unmanned Technologies (SUTI) for $24 million in 2000.[4][5] (DRS Technologies purchased the UAV business from Meggitt in 2002[6] but later closed the Mineral Wells facility.)

S-TEC was purchased for $38 million by Cobham plc in 2008.[7][8]

In April 2014, Cobham sold Chelton Flight Systems and S-TEC Corporation to Genesys Aerosystems.[9][10]

Products

Avionics

• Autopilot for small- and mid-sized planes
• S-TEC 5000[11]
• S-TEC 3100[12]
• S-TEC 2100[13]
• S-TEC IntelliFlight 1950[14]
• S-TEC System 65[15]
• S-TEC System 60-2[16]
• S-TEC System 55X[17]
• S-TEC System 40/50[18]
• S-TEC System 30ALT/60PSS[19]
• S-TEC System 20/30[20]
• SA-200 Altitude Pre-Selector[21]
• ST-360 Altitude Pre-Selector w/Alerter[22]
• GPSS[23]
• Yaw Damper[24]

Aircraft

• S-TEC Sentry

References

External links

• Genesys Aerosystems

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