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 sq ft manufacturing facility in North Kingstown, Rhode Island, for electric wing-in-ground effect (WIG) seaglider vessels.
The facility will handle end-to-end production of Regent's 12-passenger Viceroy and autonomous military Squire models, designed to operate as maritime vessels capable of flying up to 180 mph.
This new production hub is expected to create hundreds of jobs and represents a significant advancement for Regent, which has secured customers globally including airlines, ferry operators, and the U.S. Marine Corps, in commercializing WIG technology.

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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.