Thu, Apr 24, 2008
Form Cobham Avionics And Surveillance Division
Two business units within Cobham's Avionics and Surveillance
Division, Chelton Flight Systems (CFS) and S-TEC, are to be merged
to create an "avionics center of excellence" based in Mineral
Wells, TX. The move is part of Cobham’s drive to develop a
fully integrated cockpit and improve its customer focus.
The newly-integrated business unit will operate under a single
management team by the end of 2008, according to Cobham officials.
Those representatives add the capabilities of CFS and S-TEC are
highly complementary, with products from both businesses certified
together on more than 500 aircraft types. Combined, the two
businesses have certified equipment and systems on some 2,000
makes/models of fixed and rotary wing aircraft for the general and
business aviation markets.
S-TEC was acquired by UK-based Cobham at the beginning of 2008.
The company employs 180 people and operates out of a 10-acre
engineering and production campus at the Mineral Wells Airport. The
S-TEC facility currently has a 57,000 square foot administration,
engineering and manufacturing plant and a 28,000 square foot
hangar, which houses the company’s flight operations.
"We aim to make this move transparent to our customers and
dealers," said Richard Tyson, President Cobham Avionics &
Surveillance. "The only change we expect anyone to see is the
introduction of a number of new and exciting integrated avionics
systems."
S-TEC Corporation is a leading avionics manufacturer for the
business and general aviation market. Considered the industry
leader in autopilot and digital flight control design and
innovation, S-TEC has delivered over 35,000 systems around the
world. Chelton Flight Systems manufactures the world's first
FAA-certified synthetic vision EFIS, which is now STC’d on
over 740 airplane and helicopter models.
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