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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|access-date=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|access-date=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/|access-date=4 March 2015}}</ref> series. The company was founded by Robert S. Randazzo, who stated that his ultimate goal was to develop the software to the point where it could be used by airlines and manufacturers to supplement pilot training.<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/|access-date=15 September 2013|newspaper=Wall Street Journal|date=August 30, 2013}}</ref> The company is based out of Las Vegas, Nevada but has several employees in countries such as [[Belgium]], [[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|access-date=15 September 2013|newspaper=PC Pilot|date=November–December 2005| issue=37}}</ref>