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.
The company is based out of Las Vegas, Nevada but has several employees in countries such as Belgium, South Africa, and Canada.
Originally conceived as a small technical publishing company, PMDG's first product, the 747-400PS1 User's Guide was released in February 1998, to assist non-pilots with mastering the aircraft.
To this end they succeeded at the general aviation level, but PMDG sought to revolutionize the modeling of airliner simulations by using FLY!
Airliner Series 757-200ER included a 160 page operating manual, written in the now classic style of the 747-400 PS1 User's Guide.
It is an improved version of their previous Boeing 737 product for the Prepar3D platform and offers the BCF, BDSF, BBJ1, and BBJ2 variants as expansions.
On October 21, 2023, PMDG announced the release of the EFB update for their 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 Navigraph/SimBrief integration and performance calculations.
Randazzo attributed this delay to issues with the simulator's interface between the tablet component and the custom aircraft logic.