Missions
“The U.S. is prioritizing deterring war with China in the Pacific”
Sec Defense, Pete Hegseth, 2024
“The ability to conduct logistics in a contested environment will underwrite the success of any future naval campaign”
General Smith, USMC Commandant, 2024
“The real issue…is China. That’s the biggest threat to our country”
Vice President, JD Vance, 2024
“Beijing has conducted the largest and most rapid military buildup in modern history, surpassing our own military in many categories. The Pentagon's most pressing task remains deterring conflict in the Indo-Pacific.”
Sen. Roger Wicker,
Chair Senate Armed Services Committee, 2025
Launched effects
Allied forces identify a target 500 NM away, far outside the range of existing UAV and USV. The Viceroy Seaglider – as a drone mothership - flies under the radar to within striking distance and releases a swarm of UAVs to neutralize the target.
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Medevac / Casevac
A C130 patrolling near Okinawa has a catastrophic malfunction and the pilots are forced to ditch into the Pacific. A 31st MEU SAR Viceroy Seaglider is dispatched. Leveraging integrated sensors, it quickly locates the aircrew, lands in rough sea state, and performs the rescue.
Contested Logistics
A Viceroy Seaglider delivers 3,500 lbs. of ammo, food, and medical supplies from an expeditionary base in the Indo-Pacific. Multiple sorties can sustain a platoon-sized element, reducing dependence on slow and vulnerable amphibious craft.
ASW & ISR
A Viceroy Seaglider equipped with advanced sensors deploys a series of sonobuoys, listening for sonic disturbances. The faint signature of a Chinese Jin-Class submarine is identified, providing a real-time intelligence threat picture.
Experimentation & Wargaming
U.S. Marine Corps full-scale Viceroy prototype sea trials
REGENT Defense is currently performing on a test and experimentation contract with the Marine Corps Warfighting Lab. Initial test deliverables in Q3 involve hydrofoiling and flight testing. Subsequent testing in Q4 and beyond will demonstrate critical missions to the Marine Corps: contested logistics and MEDEVAC/CASEVAC
U.S. Marine Corps Squire Seaglider prototype sea trials
Throughout 2024 and 2025, REGENT Defense executed on the first phase of the Seaglider demonstration program. Technical deliverables of the contract involved design reviews and on-water testing of the Squire prototype. Programmatic activites included Seaglider CONOPs development and wargaming. REGENT Defense received feedback: ‘[Your] technical products rival and exceed that of our largest defense contractors.’ - Matt Koch, MCWL WIG Project Officer
Global Expeditionary Logistics Symposium Wargaming
During a DoD wargaming exercise at the Global Expeditionary Logistics Symposium, participants from the Navy and Marine Corps, including former Commandant of the Marine Corps General David Berger, identified seagliders as meeting a critical gap in maritime contested logistics, exceeding performance and cost metrics of existing platforms, and were found to be critical to ensuring mission success. Their ability to complete multiple sorties improved theater-setting timelines by 40%, critical for deterrence against PRC disruptive activities
