“REGENT, Fairlead Collaborate to Advance Seaglider Deployment, U.S Maritime Capabilities”

U.S‑based REGENT, a devel­op­er and man­u­fac­tur­er of Seaglid­er ves­sels, and Fair­lead, a leader in ship repair, fab­ri­ca­tion and sys­tems inte­gra­tion, recent­ly announced a col­lab­o­ra­tion to advance the devel­op­ment, pro­duc­tion and deploy­ment of REGENT’s Seaglid­er tech­nol­o­gy for defence and logis­tics appli­ca­tions, reports a press release.

The part­ner­ship embraces REGENT’s mar­itime defence Viceroy and Squire mar­itime plat­forms with Fairlead’s proven exper­tise in engi­neer­ing, inte­gra­tion, and ship­build­ing. 

Togeth­er, the com­pa­nies are to accel­er­ate deliv­ery time­lines; strength­en U.S indus­tri­al capac­i­ty; and pro­vide the Navy and Marine Corps, along with allies and part­ners around the globe, with ver­sa­tile new options for con­test­ed logis­tics and naval resup­ply.

The release states, “The U.S military’s evolv­ing expe­di­tionary mis­sion demands new approach­es to con­test­ed logis­tics and mar­itime domain aware­ness, ensur­ing forces can maneu­ver and sus­tain oper­a­tions in envi­ron­ments where tra­di­tion­al sup­ply chains are vul­ner­a­ble to dis­rup­tion.”

It con­tin­ues, “By com­bin­ing REGENT’s inno­v­a­tive Seaglid­er tech­nol­o­gy with Fairlead’s proven exper­tise in ship­build­ing and heavy indus­tri­al inte­gra­tion, the part­ner­ship will deliv­er scal­able mil-spec solu­tions for resilient sea-based logis­tics, car­go and intel­li­gence oper­a­tions for U.S Navy, Marine Corps, Army and Spe­cial Oper­a­tions forces.”

REGEN­T’s Defence Seaglid­er Group

The col­lab­o­ra­tion lever­ages Fairlead’s decades of expe­ri­ence in com­plex mar­itime fab­ri­ca­tion and sys­tems inte­gra­tion to fur­ther de-risk REGENT’s tran­si­tion from pro­to­type to scal­able pro­duc­tion. 

The release adds, “By unit­ing REGENT’s next-gen­er­a­tion wing-in-ground effect Seaglid­er ves­sels with Fairlead’s estab­lished man­u­fac­tur­ing and test­ing exper­tise, the part­ner­ship ensures faster, more reli­able deploy­ment for defence cus­tomers, meet­ing mar­itime needs at scale.”

Bil­ly Thal­heimer, co-Founder and CEO of REGENT, com­ment­ed, “This part­ner­ship is about speed, scale and resilience as we embark on the future of Amer­i­can ship­build­ing. By team­ing with Fair­lead, we are com­bin­ing our inno­v­a­tive Seaglid­er tech­nol­o­gy with proven ship­build­ing exper­tise, accel­er­at­ing deliv­ery to the fleet, and strength­en­ing U.S lead­er­ship in mar­itime logis­tics.”

Jer­ry Miller, Chair­man of Fair­lead, added, “Togeth­er, we will pro­vide the Navy and Marine Corps with a new capa­bil­i­ty that advances dis­trib­uted oper­a­tions, strength­ens sup­ply chains, and cre­ates high-val­ue jobs in Amer­i­can ship­build­ing.”

For the part­ner­ship also rep­re­sents a sig­nif­i­cant invest­ment in America’s ship­build­ing work­force and infra­struc­ture. By man­u­fac­tur­ing and inte­grat­ing sys­tems domes­ti­cal­ly, the two com­pa­nies are help­ing to revi­talise and re-indus­tri­alise the U.S mar­itime indus­try.

Tom Hunt­ley, Gen­er­al Man­ag­er of REGENT Defence, remarked, “Our Seaglid­er ves­sels solve the tough­est chal­lenges for Navy and Marine Corps mar­itime defence mis­sions, enabling low-sig­na­ture dis­trib­uted oper­a­tions, resilient sealift and rapid surge capac­i­ty for both con­test­ed logis­tics and human­i­tar­i­an emer­gency response.”

Mean­while, with Fairlead’s estab­lished exper­tise, REGENT “can surge Seaglid­er pro­duc­tion and addi­tive man­u­fac­tur­ing to meet demand, pro­vid­ing a fast, sus­tain­able, and glob­al­ly deploy­able sup­ply chain solu­tion for both gov­ern­ment and indus­try part­ners,” con­cludes the release.

For more infor­ma­tion

https://www.regentcraft.com

www.fairlead.com

(Top image: REGENT/Fairlead)

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