Commercial Innovation Center (CIC)

We Are Better Together

Our Commercial Innovation Center (CIC) is a first-of-its-kind, online development and test platform that provides a secure, virtual, open ecosystem and test sandbox for developers and researchers. We do it by harnessing the combined powers of commercial remote sensing, unclassified open datasets, cloud technologies, in a secure development ecosystem fueled by new, emerging, and seasoned tools, services and data to create solutions that keep our nation safe. The Riverside Research CIC is the place where commercial subject matter experts come together securely to collaborate and create the best commercial solutions to real world scenarios before they're integrated and deployed in the field.

Together, we win

It’s not as much fun to play in the sandbox by yourself, right? We know from experience that it’s the collective work of many people with diverse experiences and backgrounds that create the most effective solutions. By design, the CIC encourages partnerships, increases data accessibility, integrates app development, and facilitates the creation of transition-ready prototypes. Because of our unique position as a nonprofit in the defense space, we can provide the neutral environment where collaborative innovation thrives. As demonstrated on this video, capitalizing on all commercial sensors available improves our progress towards persistent observation.

Access to rich datasets

Data is the one thing that is guaranteed to continuously grow and change. Technology entrepreneurs’ success revolves around access to these data and developing improved AI and machine learning tools creating integrated and advanced applications for businesses in support of (United States Government) USG needs.

Advanced tools and applications

Advanced tools and applications

Technology innovation in artificial intelligence, machine learning, and augmented and virtual reality present significant entrepreneurial opportunities, yet all require geospatial data for development. Early-stage entrepreneurs, academic researchers, and innovators will now have access to the large datasets that are traditionally only available to large, established industry players. Such datasets are often too costly for early-stage entrepreneurs and researchers to acquire, and even if the datasets are made available, they are often not packaged in a manner that allows innovators to work with the data—they are overwhelmingly unwieldy and non-standardized. The CIC data environment seeks to solve that problem, allowing researchers and entrepreneurs new opportunities for experimentation, testing, and training.

The CIC pairs this data with tools and services to streamline development timelines by ensuring flexible licenses are available for your R&D activities within the CIC ecosystem. As new tools and services become available, we negotiate with the vendors for early and shared access amongst our CIC participants to the latest and greatest capabilities from established vendors in the remote sensing market. This visual shows a few or our early integrators, and as new vendors are integrated, we’ll let the community know!

CIC Data Search and Discovery

Your all-access pass

The CIC supports and enables industry, scientific, academic, and governmental R&D activities by facilitating access to commercial remote sensing data. Riverside Research integrates the hardware, software, processes, data, tools, internet accesses, demonstration capabilities, and other IT infrastructure required to execute CIC participant SIBR projects and meet R&D objectives. Our CIC offers:

  • Exposure to diverse and emerging data and data types for more data scientists
  • Increased interaction between content providers and new application developers; enables cloud-hybrid, multi-INT applications
  • Lowered entry barriers by eliminating the need for a user-developed system
  • Integrated orchestration-to-analysis workflow
  • Timely teaming, technology, and tipping
  • Accelerated access and use of commercial remote sensing solutions and innovation
Right where you want it

Right where you want it

Are you looking for a cloud-hosting environment where you can easily access commercial data for development and test—all from one place to safely develop, load, and test capabilities?

Our trusted, unclassified, virtual development platform provides access to R&D-licensed commercial remote sensing phenomenologies (e.g., EO, radar, IR, RF), connects emerging and established vendors with shared application tools and services, and facilitates GEOINT, MASINT, and Multi-INT research and development. The CIC includes:

  • An ecosystem of commercial data providers (CDPs)
  • A network of application developers
  • Common R&D data and COTS/GOTS tools (e.g., loading, discovery)
  • Common testing data (curated, tagged)
  • Robust DevOps environment
  • Hybrid cloud-ready infrastructure
  • Protected intellectual property and data rights
  • Maturing secure data fabric
CIC mission, vision & values

CIC mission, vision & values

Mission: Provide data scientists and algorithm developers with a virtual development and test platform and access to new and diverse commercial remote sensing data to develop algorithms, tools, and services.

Vision: Work in the Nation’s interest to offer proven expertise and experience in commercial remote sensing to solve problems through innovation, agility, and creative thinking.

Values: Encourage partnerships and connect emerging and established users across USG and industry with shared application tools, services, and diverse commercial constellation data.

Participant Agreements: We offer access to a secure, virtual, cloud-based ecosystem to perform R&D using existing and emerging commercial sources to develop and test algorithms, tools, and services accelerating USG objectives.

Commercial Experts: We offer our commercial experience, data scientists, and phenomenology experts to support efforts using the CIC to perform commercial utility assessments, new sensor development, synthetic data V&V, data value/usability studies, and more.

Products and Services: We offer access to CIC-based products and services such as synthetic data generation, data tagging, AI/ML V&V, data compression, data geo-registration, and more.

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Commercial Imagery
An enhanced multi-scale LW-MobileNetV2 for traditional Chinese medicine decoction ...

... image recognition. According to the experimental results, the LW ... satellite imagery. Comput. Electron. Agric. (2022). H. Yu et al. Disease ...

Dec 6,2025
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It's the first time winter satellite imagery this detailed is available in an outdoor app. No AI reconstruction, no terrain guessing — just actual ...

Dec 6,2025
Staggeringly clear satellite photos show Chinese warship armada massing near Taiwan as ...

Please provide a valid email. ... You'll now receive top stories, breaking news, and more, straight to your email. A satellite image shows Chinese Naval ...

Dec 6,2025
Radiation Fog: A 643-Kilometer Belt Of Mist Lingers Over California's Central Valley

Satellite imagery shows tule fog over California's Central Valley on Saturday, November 29, 2025. Image credit: NASA/EOSDIS.

Dec 6,2025
Sea ice in a satellite-based radar image

Sea ice in a satellite-based radar image ... Ice floes appear grey, and open water black. ... Address: DLR e.V.. Linder Höhe 51147 Köln. Contact. Contact ...

Dec 6,2025
Debunking Methane Myths: Clearing the Air on a Potent Pollutant

High-resolution satellite imagery, continuous monitoring systems and aerial surveys now provide real-time data on where methane is leaking and how ...

Dec 6,2025
Adrift like Shackleton: Robot float survives Antarctic ice - Scimex

Image details. Satellite image of Denman Glacier-Shackleton ice shelf system. Image details.

Dec 6,2025
Urban geomorphological and hydrological transformation in Milan (Italy): flood impacts and ...

By integrating cartographic sources from 1884, 1956, and 2020, high-resolution 5 m DEMs, satellite imagery, flood hazard data, and records of ...

Dec 6,2025
China's Artificial Island Military Base Upgrades Revealed - Newsweek

China continues to strengthen its control over the hotly contested South China Sea, as recent analysis of satellite imagery appears to show that ...

Dec 6,2025
Josh Schoemann on the 2026 primary for governor of Wisconsin

More Elections. A still image shows Josh Schoemann seated on the 'Here & Now' satellite set · Elections · Josh Schoemann on the 2026 primary for ...

Dec 6,2025
Ukrainian F-16s Appear To Be Armed With Laser-Guided Rockets In New Photos

More in Air. A month after the emergence of satellite imagery that showed GJ-11 Sharp Sword stealthy · China's Stealthy GJ-11 'Mysterious Dragon ...

Dec 6,2025
Third AI-eXpress satellite in orbit for a new era of edge intelligence in space - MundoGEO

Launched aboard SpaceX Transporter-15 on November 28, AIX-1+ is the third satellite in Planetek Italia's AI-eXpress constellation, co-funded by ...

Dec 6,2025
Chinese Forces Battle Dizzying Altitudes to Expand Military Footprint - WSJ

The Wall Street Journal analyzed more than 100 satellite images from BlackSky, a real-time space-based intelligence company that uses AI to detect ...

Dec 6,2025
UK and German Government Research Organizations to Partner on Quantum - Via Satellite

Via Satellite. Search. Subscribe for Free. Subscribe. Via Satellite · Space ... Quantum technology could revolutionize fields such as cybersecurity, ...

Dec 6,2025
SDA Back on Track to Award Tranche 3 Satellite Contracts - Air & Space Forces Magazine

The Space Development Agency says it's on track to issue its next batch of missile warning and tracking satellite ... Geospatial-Intelligence Agency to ...

Dec 6,2025
HADES Set to Transform USSF's 24/7 R&D Facility for Enhanced Future Joint Force Capabiliti

... /7 research and development satellite command and control (C2) operations center.HADES – Hybrid Architecture and Development,

Dec 6,2025
IFLScience - Satellite imagery shows tule fog over California's Central Valley. | Facebook

... NASA/. IFLScience. 󱙄. 2 hours ago · 󰟠. Photos. Satellite imagery shows tule fog over California's Central Valley. 󰤥 112 · 󰤦 24 · 󰤧 10. IFLScience. 󱢏.

Dec 6,2025
SandboxAQ and the Promise of Magnetic Navigation | Geo Week News

... geospatial missions in environments where satellite signals are unavailable or intentionally denied. Critically, every navigation flight is ...

Dec 6,2025
Satellite imagery shows tule fog over California's Central Valley. - Facebook

Satellite imagery shows tule fog over California's Central Valley. May be an image of text that says 'Image redit: Imagecrodit:NASA/ · Mary Wells ...

Dec 6,2025
How to add up to date satellite imagery to vespucci? : r/openstreetmap - Reddit

So im kinda stuck with satellite imagery from 2022&23. And i decided to see the website that the satellite imagery is used from. And they have…

Dec 6,2025
Satellite Launches
TRADE HEROES: Wyvern - Edmonton Global

... launch Alberta's first satellite. Since then, the company has developed satellites that use hyperspectral imagery — basically, a camera that ...

Dec 6,2025
Third AI-eXpress satellite in orbit for a new era of edge intelligence in space - MundoGEO

Launched aboard SpaceX Transporter-15 on November 28, AIX-1+ is the ... From advanced imaging to onboard AI processing and seamless data ...

Dec 6,2025
Scientists capture 51 images showing exoplanets coming together around other stars - Space

... Launches & Spacecraft · Private spaceflight · Human spaceflight · SpaceX · Blue ... Satellites · Astronomy · Solar System · The Sun · Asteroids · Mars ...

Dec 6,2025
NASA's next-gen Roman Space Telescope is fully built. Could it launch earlier than expected?

Assembly of NASA's Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope is complete, marking a major milestone as the spacecraft enters final testing and prepares ...

Dec 6,2025
SpaceX to offer insider shares at record-setting valuation - Fortune

The world's most prolific rocket launcher, SpaceX dominates the space industry with its Falcon 9 rocket that launches satellites and people to orbit.

Dec 6,2025
The 'Internet of Animals' has new eyes in space to soon track wildlife from above - CBC

Newly-launched satellite will track movements of thousands of animals ... (Jack Guez/AFP/Getty Images). Social Sharing. If you have ever looked up ...

Dec 6,2025
Satellite Photobombing Is Disrupting Space Telescope Astronomy - Yahoo

According to NASA researchers, if humanity continues to launch orbital satellites ... More than 96 percent of images captured by those orbiting ...

Dec 6,2025
Satellite Startup Iceye Raises at $2.8 Billion Valuation As Europe Boosts Defense Spending

The company's Chief Executive Officer, Rafal Modrzewski, said the funding will be used to more quickly launch satellites to improve Europe's military ...

Dec 6,2025
ARISS SSTV Event is Active via RS-38S Satellite - Amateur Radio Daily

... satellite, also known as VIZARD-meteo. Images will utilize the Robot 36 SSTV mode and transmit on 437.825 MHz. The series will contain 12 ...

Dec 6,2025
UC Davis-Designed Digital Twin Successfully Launched and Deployed into Space

... launched into Earth's orbit on a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket. The payload is expected to send data about the satellite's state of health over the next

Dec 6,2025
More Than 500,000 Satellites Are Set to Orbit Earth by 2040. They May End Up ...

They May End Up Photobombing the Images Captured by Space Telescopes. Fleets of satellites interfere with snapshots taken by Earth-bound observatories ...

Dec 6,2025
Why AST SpaceMobile Stock Soared This Week - The Globe and Mail

image of multiple satellites circling the earth. Image source: Getty Images. Next-generation satellite launch. AST SpaceMobile plans to be the ...

Dec 6,2025
UK And Germany Deepen Science And Tech Ties With £14 Million to Unlock Quantum's ...

The countries will launch a £6 million joint quantum R&D call in 2026, invest £8 million in Fraunhofer UK's applied photonics centre, and sign an ...

Dec 6,2025
NASA launches twin satellites to spy on the invisible shield that protects Earth

NASA launches TRACERS satellites to reveal how solar energy penetrates Earth's magnetic shield and triggers space storms.

Dec 6,2025
X Report 5 Dec 2025 - KeepTrack

SpaceX made significant strides with the launch of 28 Starlink satellites while navigating regulatory challenges regarding rural broadband funding ...

Dec 6,2025
ICEYE and General Catalyst partner to redefine space-based intelligence in Europe

ICEYE Elevates Its World-Leading Radar Imaging Constellation With Four New Satellites Launched. PR Newswire. 21:00 - 22 Jun 2025. PR Newswire ...

Dec 6,2025
China launches 2 data exchange satellites - Anadolu Ajansı

China on Friday launched two data exchange satellites from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in the country's northwest. ... Anadolu Images · Energy ...

Dec 6,2025
Satellite startup Iceye hits €2.4bn valuation as it zeroes in on defence | Sifted

... imaging data. The company says it has launched 62 satellites to date and aims to ramp up production to average one satellite per week next year.

Dec 6,2025
Growing Number of Satellites Will Leave Streaks on Photos from Space Telescopes - Yahoo

New research finds that passing satellites could leave streaks on up to 96 percent of images ... launch next year; and the E.U. ARRAKIHS mission ...

Dec 6,2025
'Contamination' concern as space images blocked by growing number of satellites

In recent years, companies such as Elon Musk's SpaceX have launched thousands of new satellites to offer internet connections to those who might not ...

Dec 6,2025
EO-MSI
Big concern for India as Beijing is expanding military footprint near...; Satellite images reveal ...

Over 100 satellite images from BlackSky were analyzed by The Wall Street Journal; BlackSky is a real-time space-based intelligence company that ...

Dec 6,2025
Constellation reaches agreement with US Department of Justice for acquisition of Calpine

U.S. power company Constellation Energy said on Friday it has reached a resolution with the U.S. Department of Justice on the conditions required ...

Dec 6,2025
Powerful atmospheric river aimed at PNW will miss the Bay Area: NWS - KRON4

... Satellite images show a strong atmospheric river taking aim at the Pacific Northwest Friday. (NASA worldview). by: John Ross Ferrara. Posted: Dec 5 ...

Dec 6,2025
BlackSky Technology (NYSE:BKSY) Shares Up 7.5% - What's Next? - MarketBeat

BlackSky Technology (NYSE:BKSY) Trading 7.5% Higher - Should You Buy ... satellite and ground systems for government and commercial customers in ...

Dec 6,2025
US leader of global neo-Nazi terrorist group signals retribution for arrests - The Guardian

Rinaldo Nazzaro says detention of suspected Base members in Spain justifies 'resistance … by any means necessary'

Dec 6,2025
Stocks Showing Market Leadership: BlackSky Technology Earns 93 RS Rating

Revenue increased -13%. The company earns the No. 5 rank among its peers in the Telecom Services-Cable/Satellite industry group. Planet Labs PBC (PL) ...

Dec 6,2025
Stocks Showing Market Leadership: BlackSky Technology Earns 93 RS Rating

The company earns the No. 5 rank among its peers in the Telecom Services-Cable/Satellite industry group. Planet Labs PBC (PL) is the top-ranked stock ...

Dec 6,2025
RSF massacres left Sudanese city 'a slaughterhouse', satellite images show - The Guardian

Side-by-side satellite images of Mewashei (livestock) market, El Fasher ... neo-Nazi terrorist group signals retribution for arrests · 'Look what you ...

Dec 6,2025
NASA Satellite Data Show Decrease in Colorado River Basin Aquifers

Worldview · Fire Information for Resource Management System (FIRMS) ... NASA Satellite Data Show Decrease In Colorado River Basin Aquifers. NASA ...

Dec 6,2025
Solar Flares: The Unseen Threat to Crypto Payroll - OneSafe Blog

: The flares can mess with the satellite and internet comms we need for blockchain transactions. ... Modern Neo-banking. Support. FAQ · Glossary.

Dec 6,2025
Chinese Forces Battle Dizzying Altitudes to Expand Military Footprint - WSJ

The Wall Street Journal analyzed more than 100 satellite images from BlackSky ... Satellite imagery sources: BlackSky (Burang, Rutog, Lunzhe, Tingri ...

Dec 6,2025
DJI Neo 2 at Night: How Far Can You Push the ISO - DroneXL

When I first picked up the original Neo I truly admired the build quality, and after the first flights I felt pretty happy with how it moved ...

Dec 6,2025
Remote Sensing Market to Reach US$40.9 Billion by 2030, Growing - openPR.com

Maxar Technologies (owned by Advent International) maintained a strong position in high-resolution optical imagery and geospatial solutions for ...

Dec 6,2025
Shared Satellite Services Market Is Going to Boom |• Maxar - openPR.com

Press release - WMR - Shared Satellite Services Market Is Going to Boom |? Maxar Technologies ? Airbus Defence and Space ?

Dec 6,2025
India Set For First Uncrewed Gaganyaan Mission As Part Of ISRO's Seven Planned Major ...

Shaping the modern Indian's worldview, speaking on behalf of those invested in the cultural and economic prosperity of India. Published since 1956 ...

Dec 6,2025
@_harperfinn “Doves” & “Satellite” | On The Radar Live Performance - Facebook

... “Doves” & “Satellite” | On The Radar Live Performance. ... 9y · Public. Another one for Dave Harrell, this is WDDV in Venice, “1320 The Dove” with their ...

Dec 6,2025
SAR
Third AI-eXpress satellite in orbit for a new era of edge intelligence in space - MundoGEO

Planetek Italia announced the successful launch of AI-eXpress 1 Plus (AIX-1+), the third satellite in the AI-eXpress constellation. ... SSC and ICEYE ...

Dec 6,2025
Aechelon Technology Integrates AI with Vantor's 3D Terrain Data for Enhanced Geospatial ...

Vantor's data is delivered through its advanced Tensorglobe platform, supported by a sophisticated satellite constellation. This constellation ...

Dec 6,2025
Solidium supports ICEYE's growth by participating in financing round - STT Info

... satellite imaging company: ICEYE and General Catalyst partner to redefine space-based intelligence in Europe ... ICEYE operates in a highly ...

Dec 6,2025
ICEYE and General Catalyst partner to redefine space-based intelligence in Europe

Helsinki, Finland – December 5th, 2025 – ICEYE, the world leader in synthetic aperture radar (SAR) satellite systems has secured new financing, ...

Dec 6,2025
IICEYE secures new funding to expand sovereign SAR systems and deepen Europe's ...

... satellite systems and data services across Europe. Rafal Modrzewski, Co Founder and CEO of ICEYE, said: “ICEYE's ... constellation, next ...

Dec 6,2025
Trump Dials Up Pressure to Keep EU From Tapping Kremlin Funds - Bloomberg.com

Nobel Winner Machado May Emerge From Hiding to Collect Prize, But It's Risky · Satellite Startup Iceye Raises at $2.8 Billion Valuation As Europe ...

Dec 6,2025
Satellite Startup Iceye Raises at $2.8 Billion Valuation As Europe Boosts Defense Spending

... ICEYE, “the eye on ice.” Now ICEYE is building the world's largest radar satellite constellation (SAR) vertically integrated - persistent, all ...

Dec 6,2025
ICEYE and General Catalyst partner to redefine space-based intelligence in Europe

PRNewswire/ -- ICEYE, the world leader in synthetic aperture radar (SAR) satellite systems has secured new financing, led by General Catalyst with ...

Dec 6,2025
Satellite startup Iceye hits €2.4bn valuation as it zeroes in on defence | Anne Sraders

New: Finnish satellite startup Iceye has raised €200m in new funding led by mega US investor General Catalyst, bringing its total valuation to ...

Dec 6,2025
ICEYE secures €150 million funding led by General Catalyst - Investing.com Canada

ICEYE operates the world's largest SAR satellite constellation, providing near real-time insights regardless of weather conditions or time of day.

Dec 6,2025
Satellite startup Iceye hits €2.4bn valuation as it zeroes in on defence | Sifted

Finnish satellite startup Iceye has raised €200m in new funding led by mega US investor General Catalyst, bringing its total valuation to €2.4bn, ...

Dec 6,2025
General Catalyst Bakcs Sattelite Startup Iceye at $2.8 Billion Valuation - Bloomberg

Iceye, a Finnish satellite developer with a number of defense contracts, has raised money at a €2.4 billion ($2.8 billion) valuation, ...

Dec 6,2025
Why Constellation Energy Stock Topped the Market on Thursday - Yahoo Finance

EOSE Eos Energy Enterprises, Inc. 15.42 -0.17 (-1.09%) · DG Dollar General Corporation 124.35 -0.86 (-0.69%) · COO The Cooper Companies, Inc. 86.65 ...

Dec 6,2025
UK plasma thruster test positions Pulsar Fusion for larger satellite propulsion - Space Daily

... satellite constellation that delivers global high-speed 5G-NTN ... Greece deploys first national ICEYE radar satellites for disaster monitoring

Dec 6,2025
First Greek defence and security micro-satellites successfully launched

The satellites are now in orbit around the Earth. The mission marks the implementation of the National Micro-Satellite Programme, developed by the ...

Dec 6,2025
AI Converts SAR Imagery Into Real-Time 3D Synthetic Terrain - The Defense Post

... ICEYE's radar imagery into 3D synthetic environments ... Vantor supplies the data through its Tensorglobe platform, supported by a satellite ...

Dec 6,2025
Greece enters space age with launch of first national micro-satellites - The Greek Herald

As part of the initiative, two fully operational Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) satellites-ICEYE SAR-1 and SAR-2-are already delivering vital data ...

Dec 6,2025
Colorado School of Mines' First Satellite Campus is Part of ASTRO's AM Hub in Guam

Colorado School of Mines' First Satellite Campus is Part of ASTRO's AM Hub in Guam ... EOS Zone · The 3D Systems Zone · The HP Zone · Bioprinting Zone ...

Dec 6,2025
Senior Software Engineer for Ground Station Pass Planning at ICEYE - Finland - Jaabz

ICEYE is seeking a Senior Software Engineer to plan ground station passes for its satellite fleet. The successful candidate will have hands-on ...

Dec 6,2025
RF
Raytheon Announces Strategic Collaboration With AWS to Impro - ASDNews

... satellite data processing and mission control operations. Through this ... Spire to Deliver Advanced Satellite Capabilities, Expanding Their ...

Dec 6,2025
NRO extends contracts for 4 providers, readies new acquisition approach

... satellite agency readies a new commercial acquisition approach ... HawkEye 360, Spire Global, Umbra for Radio Frequency (RF). Hawkeye was ...

Dec 6,2025
Spire Global Selected by GIST Research to Provide Soil Moisture Data for ... - Cyprus Shipping News

... satellite-based soil moisture insights to strengthen early warning systems in one of Africa's most climate-exposed regions. Spire Global, Inc., a ...

Dec 6,2025
Maritime IoT Via Satellite Market Set for Dynamic Growth with Key - openPR.com

Maritime IoT Via Satellite Market Set for Dynamic Growth with Key Players Inmarsat, Iridium Communications, Orbcomm, KVH Industries. 12-05-2025 02 ...

Dec 6,2025
Shared Satellite Services Market Is Going to Boom |• Maxar - openPR.com

• Spire Global • BlackSky • ICEYE • Satellogic • Orbital Insight • GeoIQ • Ursa Space Systems • Northrop Grumman. ➤ Shared Satellite Services ...

Dec 6,2025
Private space boom fuels rise in satellite insurance disputes and high-stakes arbitration

The issue wasn't only defects – it hinged on whether Spire had to keep satellites operational when their data no longer met contractual service levels ...

Dec 6,2025
Spire Global Senior Software Engineer | Welcome to the Jungle (formerly Otta)

Beyond this, Spire Global's satellite system has countless other applications, such as real-time observation in active conflicts, and wildfire ...

Dec 6,2025
SSA

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