REGENT CEO on all-electric seagliders for coastal transit and USMC island operations

you waiting, Billy. Great to see you. Every time we talk to Billy, he's in a far-flung part of the world. We're working to bring him in from the waiting room. And he is sideways. Can you turn your camera? Yeah, I can go vertical. That is possible. Here we go. There we go. Where are you? You're in the cabin. Explain.

Join you from a sea glider. Look at that. No way. It's super comfortable in here. We got We got plenty of leg room. Incredible. We got internet. This is the future. This is amazing. Amazing. Wait. So, wait. Are you Is this like a demo? Are you actually in I do believe that's a screen behind you? A screen behind you.

I can't This is the demo. You guys are pretty perceptive over there. This is We just talked to the AI generated guy who says all this will be fake in two years. So, you know, I don't know what to believe at this point. We're building hardware in the real world, guys. We're at a reindustrialized conf.

Thank you for bringing me back to the real world. How is re-industrialized? Uh give us the overall update on region. Uh it is awesome. Like hardware is cool again. Like building real stuff is cool. Adams are cool. So, uh it's awesome to be here for this.

Uh yesterday we just announced the launch of Regent Defense uh here at Reindustrialize which is a big step for the big step for the business. Congratulations. What is Yeah. What are what's the immediate application of the glider in a in a defense context? So, Regent's actually been doing defense for years.

This is sort of a growth of the business we we've already been doing. Um, basically everything is about uh moving around island chains as our our key conflicts and theaters are in the Indoacific. So, it's going back to World War II style tactics. It's about naval operations.

It's about being able to move around island chains logistics from the head of the Marine Corps and throughout the services underwrites the success of that naval campaign.

So, turns out that all the things that our commercial customers like about Seag Gliders, the the high speed, low operating costs, uh you know, ease of operation, and in the DoD space that were hard to see. We fly really low over the water, so it's hard to pick up on some longrange radar systems.

Uh makes it a really perfect fit. So, we've been on contract with the Marine Corps for a couple years now. Uh and now we're expanding as we get into our full scale prototyping, expanding that product portfolio to meet the need. Very cool. Incredible. Anything else? I think that's it. Thank you for this.

Thank you for this demo. This is this is the this is the best call in the best guest call in I think we've had. So, um guys, we got to get you uh on the Sea Glider in Rhode Island at some point, too. We're doing the next call in from the We have real hardware. We'll do the whole show.

We'll do the whole show from the glider. I hear it's very smooth. You know, it's perfect for for live podcasting. Starlink on board yet? Uh we'll we'll put Starlink on board for a TVPN episode. So, there we go. I love it. It's there. It's there. Awesome. Fantastic.

Well, congratulations to you and the team on the progress and say hi to everybody at reindustrialize for us. We'll do. Thanks, guys. Enjoy the rest of the conference. We'll talk to you soon. And in the meantime, let me tell you about eight. com. Get a pod five.

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