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'''Precision Manuals Development Group''' (often abbreviated as '''PMDG''') is a commercial add-on aircraft developer for the [[Microsoft Flight Simulator]],<ref>{{cite news|title=PMDG 737NGX (review)|url=http://www.pcpilot.net/view_issue.asp?ID=1029|accessdate=15 September 2013|newspaper=PC Pilot|date=November–December 2011 |issue=76}}</ref> [[Lockheed Martin Prepar3D]],<ref>{{cite web|title=PMDG 777-200LR/F|url=http://precisionmanuals.com/pages/product/P3D/777LRF.html|publisher=PMDG|accessdate=7 February 2015}}</ref> and [[X-Plane (simulator)|X-Plane]]<ref>{{cite news|title=PMDG DC-6 for X-Plane announcement|url=http://forum.avsim.net/topic/463714-03mar15-pmdgs-first-product-for-xplane/|accessdate=4 March 2015}}</ref> series. The company was founded by airline pilot Robert S Randazzo, who stated that his ultimate goal was to bring greater realism to simulation.<ref name="WSJ">{{cite news|last=Ostrower|first=Jon|title=Almost as Cool as the New Boeing 777: The New Flight Simulator|url=https://blogs.wsj.com/corporate-intelligence/2013/08/30/almost-as-cool-as-the-new-boeing-777-the-new-flight-simulator/|accessdate=15 September 2013|newspaper=Wall Street Journal|date=August 30, 2013}}</ref> The company is based out of Virginia but has several employees in countries such as [[Belgium]], [[Greece]], [[South Africa]], and [[Canada]].<ref name="WSJ" /> It has eight employees as of 2018, with a collection of [[Software release life cycle#Beta|beta testers]] which include multiple aviation professionals.
 
PMDG's software has received praise for its realism.<ref name="WSJ" /><ref>{{cite news|title=PMDG: 747-400 Queen of the Skies (review)|url=http://www.pcpilot.net/view_issue.asp?ID=682|accessdate=15 September 2013|newspaper=PC Pilot|date=November–December 2005| issue=37}}</ref>