title: S-TEC Corporation
text: # 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
  