Regent Craft Finishes Electric Seaglider Production Center in Rhode Island

Manufacturer officially lays anchor in Ocean State, completing one of the world’s first such facilities.

Jack Daleo

Tuesday, June 16, 2026 at 03:30 PM ET

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Travis Tingle

Regent Craft’s Viceroy is an electric, wing-in-ground effect seaglider design. [Credit: Regent Craft]

Key Takeaways:

Regent Craft has completed the world's first dedicated 255,000-square-foot manufacturing facility for electric wing-in-ground effect (WIG) seaglider vessels in North Kingstown, Rhode Island.
The new production hub will handle end-to-end manufacturing of Regent's 12-passenger Viceroy and autonomous military Squire craft, which can reach speeds of 180 mph over open water.
This facility marks a significant step towards commercializing WIG technology, promising hundreds of jobs and serving global customers including leading airline and ferry operators, as well as the U.S. Marine Corps.

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Regent Craft, the Rhode Island-based developer of electric, wing-in-ground effect (WIG) seaglider vessels, said Tuesday that it completed the facility that will anchor its global manufacturing activities.

The 255,000-square-foot site at 1 Seaglider Way in North Kingstown, Rhode Island, will handle end-to-end production for Regent’s 12-passenger Viceroy craft, as well as Squire, its autonomous, hybrid-electric military variant. The company is also developing a 50-100-passenger model, Monarch, that was not mentioned in its news release Tuesday.