A new glass cockpit option for the MD Helicopters 500 single-engined turbine is nearing US Federal Aviation Administration certification, expected by the end of this month, following first flight of ...

The MD 500 series is a family of 4-6-seat, single-engine, single-rotor military and commercial utility helicopters. In the past, militarized MD 500 Defender models have included the 500MD Defender, a ...

MD Helicopters (MDHI) continues its return from the brink with a series of agreements to re-establish and restructure its supply chain. Most significantly, fuselages for MD 500/600-series light ...

South Korean Air Force MD 500 helicopters and airborne troops take part in a military drill in 2008, in Pocheon, South Korea. (Chung Sung-Jun/Getty Images) WASHINGTON — A group of investors have ...

MD Helicopters is an iconic American brand whose founder was Howard Hughes. Today, MD Helicopters Inc., or MDHI, proudly based in Mesa, is owned and led by its innovative, inspirational CEO, ...

It’s an iconic American brand whose founder was Howard Hughes — and it calls Mesa home. MD Helicopters, Inc. (MDHI) certainly doesn’t fly under the radar in the aviation industry, and its presence at ...

Here’s What You Need To Remember: McDonnell Douglas had been duped into shipping nearly a hundred scout helicopters to a country that still considered itself at war with the United States. However, ...

The MD 500 series is a family of 4-6-seat, single-engine, single-rotor military and commercial utility helicopters. The series comprises three models: the 500E, 530F and 520N. Demand for the 500E ...

Buyers of new MD Helicopters MD 600N, MD 520N, MD 530F and MD 500E models will fly away with instrument panels full of Garmin avionics starting with purcha ...

A new airworthiness directive for the MD Helicopters MD500N, MD600N and MD900 requires determining the cure date for each Notar fan blade tension-torsion strap (T-T strap). The light at the end of the ...