eurocopter2
I read an article in business and commercial aviation about 18 months ago that Bell were talking about this.
They had a photo or and artist impression i should say and it looked like a 206 sized 407.
The picture showed a 4 bladed composite main rotor system, an open cabin layout similair to the EC range, doing away with the centre pillar.
It looked like a very nice helicopter in concept. They called it the JRX Program.
There was some talk that bell had dropped the idea, but i dont know. Im sure if they ever went down that track with this new concept it would surely be a great little ship.
This is all i know be it true or not.
cheers!