“We went from a blank sheet of paper to an 18' wingspan, 400 lbs technology demonstrator on the water in 10 months,” he shared in a statement provided to Avionics. Klinker mentioned that cloud native solutions like Teamcenter X minimize administrative overhead and enable total focus on the design, engineering, and manufacturing.īryan Baker, Chief Engineer, Vehicle Physics at Regent, also emphasized the importance of efficiency at their company. Regent’s Chief Technology Officer and co-founder, Mike Klinker, responded to the announcement about the partnership with Siemens, saying, “As our seagliders approach certification and full-scale commercial production, we need a robust, modern digital tools platform that supports the pace of our innovation cycles with the rigor to encompass a product as complex as ours.” Allocortech’s sensors, flight computers, motor controllers, electrical power systems, and flight test safety equipment contributed to the rapid development of hardware and software in the seaglider's avionics system. The two companies entered into a partnership in March. Regent’s seaglider technology demonstrator will include avionics components provided by Allocortech, an aerospace engineering company based in Waynesboro, Virginia.

Regent's 1/4 scale technical demonstrator, pictured on the water in Tampa (Photo: REGENT)

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