Although the declining base of American manufacturing jobs has been a staple in the news, one bright spot is just around the corner in East Mesa. MD Helicopters, Inc. (MDHI) is a leading manufacturer ...

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 ...

National Air and Space Museum Technical Reference Files: Aircraft, NASM.XXXX.1183.A, National Air and Space Museum, Smithsonian Institution. National Air and Space Museum Technical Reference Files: ...

The Honolulu Police Department recently acquired its second MD 500-E helicopter. The blue single-engine Hughes 500 is a a civilian version of the U.S. Army’s OH-6A Cayuse/Loach. Police said the ...

The MD 500 series is a family of 4-6-seat, single-engine military and commercial utility helicopters. Past militarized models have included the multirole 500MD Defender, armed Scout Defender, ...

MD Helicopters has more than 70 years in the helicopter business where it's been known as Hughes helicopters; McDonnell Douglas helicopters and Boeing before transforming to its current name. Things ...

In an interview ahead of this year's HeliExpo, new MD Helicopters chief Brad Pedersen described plans to mend bridges with the industry. MD Helicopters' new president and CEO, Brad Pedersen, has a ...

Brad Pedersen, a more than 35-year aerospace and defense industry veteran, has been named president and CEO of MD Helicopters following the acquisition of the company by an investment consortium led ...

YORK COUNTY, Pa. — If you see a helicopter hovering overhead in York County this week, there is a reason why to the unusual flight pattern! According to Met-Ed, a contractor called Chesapeake Bay ...

To some people, it would be cause for much grief, this Hughes MD 500 helicopter sitting in the hangar, rotor blades snapped, tail boom sheared off, Plexiglas cockpit nose broken. Repairs will cost at ...