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U.S. Marines Extend Regent’s Electric Seaglider Deal
Phase IV adds $5 million, bringing the contract’s total to $19.25 million
U.S. Marines trial Regent Craft seaglider
Regent’s Viceroy prototype demonstrates an open-water life raft rescue, one of three casualty evacuation scenarios the company carried out as part of its U.S. Marine Corps partnership. © Regent Craft

Regent Craft has won $5 million in additional funding from the U.S. Marine Corps Warfighting Lab to demonstrate its all-electric Viceroy seaglider for military missions, bringing the total value of its contract with the lab to $19.25 million. The North Kingstown, Rhode Island-based company announced the Phase IV extension on Wednesday.

According to Regent, the fourth phase includes six deliverables. They focus on demonstrating the full-scale Viceroy prototype in operationally relevant conditions and on integrating seagliders into military command-and-control systems, which govern how commanders assign, track, and coordinate assets. Regent did not specify the deliverables, where or when the demonstrations will take place, or whether Marines will operate the Viceroy themselves.

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