Aerotex Aircraft Interiors has earned an STC from the FAA and Transport Canada for its new wall blanket kit for Bell helicopters, including the 407 and the 206L series.

According to the Calgary, Canada-based interior upholstery specialist, the kit, which is “the very first supplemental type certificate-certified interior wall blanket for various Bell helicopter models,” was developed to replace the cabin trim plastics with a lower-cost, lighter weight alternative. It provides thermal insulation and sound reduction at less than a third of the weight of the standard interior covering. 

Produced in coordination with Avio Design Group, the wall blanket kit can provide weight savings of up to 25 pounds, thereby improving the rotorcraft’s fuel efficiency and reducing its carbon footprint, one of Aerotex’s drivers “in providing solutions to various aviation needs.”