# REGENT opens its Viceroy seaglider factory at Quonset, Rhode Island

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Date: 30 Sep 2026
About: [REGENT](https://technooptimist.io/companies/regent.md) · [Viceroy Seaglider](https://technooptimist.io/aviation/viceroy-seaglider.md)
Original source: https://www.renewableenergymagazine.com/electric_hybrid_vehicles/regent-marks-opening-of-seaglider-manufacturing-facility-20261008

REGENT opened a 255,000 sq ft factory at Quonset Business Park in Rhode Island to build its Viceroy seaglider and the Squire drone. The opening, reported on 8 October, included on-water demonstrations of the full-scale Viceroy on Narragansett Bay, its fifth flight. The company is aiming for 75 Viceroy vessels and 300 Squire drones a year once fully scaled.

## Key facts

- Facility: 255,000 square feet, built in phases so output can grow step by step.
- Target rate: 75 Viceroy vessels and 300 Squire drones per year at full scale.
- Demo: the Viceroy showed hull, foil and fly modes in front of more than 600 guests, the first public live flight of the Viceroy in ground effect.
- Customers: first Viceroy deliveries expected as early as late 2027.
- Jobs: up to 750 pledged over the next decade.

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