When Boeing bought McDonnell Douglas, they did not want to keep the civilan helicopter line, so they sold it to RDM Holdings, the Dutch company of which you speak. Boeing took over the Apache, but RDM holdings created MD Helicopters. It is not McDonnell Douglas and more, just MD. They kept the name MD for continuity, but they are not associated with the old McDonnell Douglas or Boeing. You are also correct in the fact that RDM has ran MD into the ground with lack of support, but all products are still refered to as MD's, i.e. the MD500 series, the MD600, the MD900 series, etc. Hope that clears it up for you. The ironic thing about the whole deal is that the U.S. Federal Trade Commission had no problem with Boeing buying up McDonnell Douglas and creating one of the world's largest defense contractors, but when Bell helicopter wanted to buy the MD civilian helicopter line from Boeing, the FTC said no way, it would create a monopoly. All it really did was weaken Bell, MD, and help Eurocopter gain more U.S. market share.