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==Aircraft==
PMDG has created nine aircraft for [[Flight Simulator 2004]] and ten aircraft for [[Flight Simulator X]], two of which are extensions of the [[Boeing 747-400|747-400X]]. The PMDG Boeing 737 NGX is for Flight Simulator X and Prepar3d only and is currently available in 737-800/900 winglet/non-winglet models. The 737-600/700 winglet/non-winglet models are a continuation of the base package and are available as an expansion. The 777-200LR and accompanying 777-300ER expansion were the first PMDG products for [[Lockheed Martin Prepar3D|Lockheed Martin's Prepar3D V2 which was released on February 7, 2015,]] as well as Flight Simulator X (the NGX was patched to P3D V2 compatibility after the 777).
On January 6, 2016, PMDG released the [[Douglas DC-6]] simulation, marking the first aircraft by the company for the X-Plane series of flight simulators.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.x-plane.com/2016/04/explore-3d-cockpit-pmdgs-douglas-dc-6/|title=Explore the 3D cockpit of PMDG's Douglas DC-6|date=April 21, 2016|website=X-Plane|language=en-US|access-date=September 11, 2019}}</ref>
With the arrival of P3D v4, the 747, 777 and 737 aircraft are being freely upgraded from P3D v3 (32 bit) to P3D v4 (64 bit). On February 24, 2019, it wasPMDG announced that they would develop no new products would be developed for 32-bit platforms (not precluding updates to existing products).<ref>{{Cite web |date=2019-02-23 |title=PMDG Cease Development for FSX/P3Dv3 – FSElite |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201107225643/https://fselite.net/news/pmdg-cease-development-for-fsx-p3dv3/|title=PMDG Cease Development for FSX/P3Dv3|last=Martin|first=Calum|access-date=February2024-06-25 23, 2019|website=FSElite|language=en-GB|access-date=September 11, 2019web.archive.org}}</ref> Thus,On theNovember B747-8 was the last release for 32-bit platforms, notably marking the end of 13 years of FSX support.{{Citation needed|date=April 2019}} On August 11, 2019, the PMDG NGXu was released. It is aan improved version of thetheir upcomingprevious NG3Boeing 737 product for the Prepar3D platform and offers the BCF, BDSF, BBJ1, and BBJ2 variants as expansions to the base product.<ref>{{Cite Theweb NG3|last=Randazzo itself|first=Robert will|date=2019/10/08 only|title=Announcing bePMDG available737NGXu onfor thePrepar3D new Microsoft Flight Simulator due in 2020, with expansion packs covering the entire NG, BBJ,v4 |url=https://forum.pmdg.com/forum/main-forum/general-discussion-news-and-announcements/25766-08nov19-announcing-pmdg-737ngxu-for-prepar3d-v4 MAX product|url-status=live}}</ref> lines.PMDG PMDGhad announced the previous day that all development for the X-Plane platform as well as all 32-bit platforms would be cancelled.<ref>{{cite news |last1=John |first1=Alex |title=PMDG Announces End to X-Plane Development {{!}} Threshold |url=https://www.thresholdx.net/news/pmdgxd |access-date=November 12, 2019 |work=www.thresholdx.net |date=November 7, 2019}}</ref> On October 20, 2020, PMDG announced the development of the [[Boeing 777X|777X]] family of airliners was in an early stage.<ref>{{Cite web|title=[20NOV20] Various Project News Updates, 777-200ER Beta and P3D Hotfix notes|url=https://forum.pmdg.com/forum/main-forum/general-discussion-news-and-announcements/93737-20nov20-various-project-news-updates-777-200er-beta-and-p3d-hotfix-notes|access-date=November 30, 2020|website=PMDG Simulations|language=en}}</ref> In mid-June 2021, all products for X-Plane and FSX were retired ahead of the release of their first product for the new Microsoft Flight Simulator. On August 24, 2023, the PMDG 737-800 was released for Microsoft Flight Simulator.
On October 21, 2023, PMDG broke the long-awaited silence uponannounced the release of the much-awaited[[Electronic flight bag|EFB]] update for thetheir Boeing 737 product for Microsoft Flight Simulator. In a forum post, Robert S. Randazzo stated that the free update would be released on October 30, 2023, and would feature revolutionaryNavigraph/SimBrief featuresintegration suchand asperformance Datacalculations. EntryThe viaupdate anwas attachednotable keyboard,for conversionreleasing betweenmuch Metric/Imperiallater units,than Independentanticipated. tabletsPMDG forhad theinitially captainquoted anda firstsix officermonth timeline, and evenRandazzo alater day/nightstated setting.they Creatingexpected suchthe andevelopment intelligentto tabletlast wasfor not"a couple of months". easyHowever, asthe statedupdate bywas Robertultimately S.released Randazzo,one year and three months after the initial development timeframeversion of 2the months737. wasRandazzo aattributed vastthis underestimation, duedelay to limitationsissues with the simulator's interface between the tablet component and the interfacecustom betweenaircraft C++logic.<ref>{{Cite withweb WASM,|last=Randazzo which|first=Robert would|date=2022-04-19 allow|title=PMDG for737 theDevelopment tabletUpdate: softwareLet's totalk interfaceabout withEarly theAdopter aircraftand Continued Maintenance phases |url=https://forum.pmdg.com/forum/main-forum/general-discussion-news-and-announcements/169846-19apr22-pmdg-737-development-update-let-s-talk-about-early-adopter-and-continued-maintenance-phases |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=randazzo |first=Robert |date=October 21, 2023 |title=[21OCT23] Introducing the Universal Flight Tablet for PMDG's Microsoft Flight Simulator Airliner Fleet |url=https://forum.pmdg.com/forum/main-forum/general-discussion-news-and-announcements/268165-21oct23-introducing-the-universal-flight-tablet-for-pmdg-s-microsoft-flight-simulator-airliner-fleet }}</ref>
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