Regent Craft’s full-scale crewed seaglider prototype performed a test flight in front of a large crowd of employees, investors, customers, government officials and media in Rhode Island’s Narragansett Bay on Sept. 30, 2026.
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Also present for the demonstration flight was Regent’s Squire smaller uncrewed vessel, which is being developed for search and rescue; intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance; electronic warfare and other defense missions.
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The squire uncrewed vessel was remotely controlled by Regent test pilots on a small chase boat.
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Viceroy flies roughly one wingspan over the water using wing-in-ground effect.
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Viceroy features 12 electric propulsion units driving propellers along the wing-leading edge to create a distributed blown-lift system.
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The Viceroy is designed to cruise at 180 mph with a range of 180 mi.
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Regent boasts a conditional orderbook worth more than $10 billion, mostly consisting of nonbinding letters of intent.
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