“REGENT Announces Seaglider Crew Training Program and Partners”

Rhode Island-based devel­op­er of elec­tric seaglid­ers, REGENT, announced this week it is col­lab­o­rat­ing with a num­ber of busi­ness part­ners, led by FAAC Inc, to devel­op a train­ing pro­gram for Viceroy seaglid­er crews, reports a press release. 

The pro­gram is to include instruc­tion­al design; cur­ricu­lum devel­op­ment; the design, devel­op­ment, and pro­duc­tion of train­ing sim­u­la­tors; and the staffing and man­age­ment of the train­ing crew.

Ted Lester, VP of Cer­ti­fi­ca­tion at REGENT, com­ment­ed, “We look for­ward to work­ing with FAAC and oth­ers to set a new glob­al stan­dard for seaglid­er oper­a­tions, ensur­ing crews around the world receive con­sis­tent, high-qual­i­ty instruc­tion to oper­ate safe­ly and effec­tive­ly in any envi­ron­ment.”

The train­ing pro­gram will be approved by the U.S. Coast Guard and by flag-state author­i­ties out­side the coun­try. Mar­itime cap­tains will receive a type-rat­ing spe­cif­ic to seaglid­ers. This approach ensures align­ment with estab­lished sea-far­ing stan­dards and pre­pares crew for the unique per­for­mance and han­dling char­ac­ter­is­tics of these next-gen­er­a­tion ves­sels.

Ted Lester

Kurt Flosky, Pres­i­dent of FAAC, remarked, “By lever­ag­ing our deep expe­ri­ence in sim­u­la­tion-based train­ing, we’re ensur­ing seaglid­er crews are mis­sion-ready and well-pre­pared to oper­ate safe­ly, con­fi­dent­ly, and con­sis­tent­ly from day one.”

The train­ing part­ners have assem­bled and will over­see a team of major proven providers who will con­tribute to the train­ing pro­gram devel­op­ment and imple­men­ta­tion. These include:-

: DiSTI, a course­ware and vir­tu­al train­ing devel­op­ment com­pa­ny that spe­cialis­es in vir­tu­al sys­tems train­ing and brings in-depth expe­ri­ence work­ing with the U.S DOD, will devel­op cer­ti­fied train­ing cours­es and cre­ate a state-of-the-art Vir­tu­al Main­te­nance Train­er (VMT) to enhance hands-on learn­ing. Addi­tion­al­ly, DiSTI will inte­grate a com­mer­cial Learn­ing Man­age­ment Sys­tem (LMS) to stream­line train­ing oper­a­tions and ensure con­tin­u­ous course updates through­out the con­tract peri­od.

: Roush Indus­tries, a ser­vices provider to the mobil­i­ty, aerospac, and marine indus­tries, will design and build the simulator’s train­ing cock­pit using their exten­sive prod­uct devel­op­ment and spe­cial­ty sys­tems con­struc­tion exper­tise and over three decades of sup­port­ing FAAC’s fab­ri­ca­tion needs.

The release explains, “The pro­gram includes a blend of online mod­ules, in-per­son class­room instruc­tion, and hands-on sim­u­la­tor ses­sions over a peri­od of five to six weeks. This mul­ti-faceted approach ensures that seaglid­er crew mem­bers build a strong foun­da­tion of the­o­ret­i­cal knowl­edge, gain prac­ti­cal skills in a con­trolled envi­ron­ment and are ful­ly pre­pared for real-world oper­a­tions. Seaglid­er train­ing cours­es will be based upon estab­lished Inter­na­tion­al Mar­itime Orga­ni­za­tion (IMO) and U.S guide­lines for high-speed craft and wing-in-ground-effect craft train­ing.”

Oper­a­tors are to attend in-per­son train­ing at REGENT’s HQ. The com­pa­ny plans to expand inter­na­tion­al­ly as oper­a­tions grow. Each Viceroy seaglid­er will have a two-per­son crew, includ­ing a cap­tain and a watch offi­cer. While on-shore seaglid­er tech­ni­cians are to be respon­si­ble for main­tain­ing, inspect­ing and trou­bleshoot­ing crit­i­cal ves­sel sys­tems.

REGENT has sub­mit­ted its Viceroy Design Basis Agree­ment (DBA) with the U.S. Coast Guard and expects approval mid-year. The Coast Guard pre­vi­ous­ly approved REGENT’s Nav­i­ga­tion­al Safe­ty Risk Assess­ment for its Viceroy pro­to­type, allow­ing REGENT to test its full-scale seaglid­er pro­to­type in Nar­ra­gansett Bay and Rhode Island Sound. Sea tri­als of the pro­to­type are cur­rent­ly ongo­ing. 

For more infor­ma­tion

https://www.regentcraft.com

https://www.faac.com/

https://distl.com/

https://www.roush.com

(Images: REGENT)

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