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
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!
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
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
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.
Work With the Commercial Innovation Center
Press Inquiries About the CIC
Commercial Innovation in the News
- Commercial Imagery
- Satellite Launches
- EO-MSI
- SAR
- HSI
- RF
- SSA
Commercial Imagery
Overstory secures $43 million to predict and prevent utility-sparked fires - Impact Alpha
Overstory, based in Amsterdam and Somerville, Mass., uses satellite imagery and artificial intelligence to map vegetation near electricity ...
Beyond city limits: A satellite-based PM2.5 assessment across India's airsheds, states, and districts
Satellite estimates, combined with ground data and atmospheric models, fill these gaps by providing consistent coverage that captures pollution ...
NOAA Shares First SWFO-L1 Space Weather Data from STIS | NESDIS
... Satellite 18 (GOES-18) satellite. Image credit: NOAA NCEI and SWPC. Download Image Image Download. A clear example occurred on October 21-23, 2025 ...
BlackSky delivers first very high resolution images from third Gen-3 satellite less than 24 ...
Image: BlackSky. BlackSky Technology Inc. has released the first very high resolution images from its third Gen-3 satellite in under 24 hours after ...
BlackSky Quickly Delivers First Very High-Resolution Images from Third Gen-3 Satellite ...
... satellite less than 24 hours following the satellite's successful launch. This Gen-3, unit three, very high-resolution image captured over the ...
With accurate data no longer available, Pakistan has been compelled to rely on satellite ...
With accurate data no longer available, Pakistan has been compelled to rely on satellite imagery, which carries an estimated 25% error margin.
BlackSky announces latest Gen-3 satellite in orbit after confidential Electron launch
The company announced Nov. 25 that its newest Gen-3 satellite produced its first high-resolution imagery less than 24 hours after its launch this ...
Amazon AWS Commits $50B to Expand AI, Supercomputing for US Government - eWeek
The company says some tasks, such as scanning satellite imagery for security threats or processing decades of historical data, could be reduced ...
Satellite pics reveal China's terrifying rehearsal for Taiwan INVASION using 'shadow fleet'
Disturbing satellite imagery has confirmed an armada of ferries was commandeered to practice delivering troops, vehicles and military gear to ...
Satellite Images Locate Ukrainian Kids Abducted By Russia: Lab - Barron's
Researchers at a Yale University lab in the United States are using satellite imagery to locate Ukrainian children abducted by Russia, ...
Group of Tu-22M3 bombers redepolyed to Kola - The Barents Observer
However, they have a large warhead that can cause significant damage. This satellite image from August 2024 shows a dozen Tu-22M3 bombers parked ...
Enhancing U2Net for Precise Road Extraction from Satellite Images via Channel Refinement
Road extraction from very high-resolution satellite imagery (VHR) is necessary for remote sensing applications like city management, ...
Luxury tourism resort Berkeley River Lodge suffers 'significant damage' in Ex-Tropical ... - ABC News
A satellite viewer showing cloud formations over land. Tropical cyclone ... satellite image of norther Western Australia · Trees toppled, cars ...
supplementing, and supplanting, the ARGON geodetic satellite program - The Space Review
An ARGON mapping satellite image of the Gulf of Oman returned in 1964. (credit: Via Harry Stranger). Mapping the dark side of the world (part 2): ...
Overstory Closes $43m Series B To Scale AI-Driven Wildfire Prevention And Grid Resilience
The company harnesses high-resolution satellite imagery and proprietary AI models to provide the critical intelligence needed to move utilities ...
Footage shows damage across Kyiv as Ukraine claims strike on Russia air base - BBC
BBC Verify uses open-source intelligence, satellite imagery, fact-checking and data analysis to help report complex stories. This feed is where we ...
China launches Shenzhou 22 spacecraft to assist in return of 3 stranded astronauts - NPR
... Satellite Launch Center in Jiuquan, northwestern China, on Tuesday. ... Satellite image of Haiti, including Gonave Island. National · Texas men ...
New ocean-monitoring satellite completes launch and early operations phase
EUMETSAT's Mission Control Centre in Darmstadt, Germany, has officially taken control of the Copernicus Sentinel-6B satellite, just days after its ...
Aerial vs. Satellite Imagery: Why Both Are Essential for Advanced Mapping - GeoWGS84
Aerial and satellite imagery deliver detailed, timely location data. Though different, they complement each other and are essential for modern ...
X-Raying a Satellite | Newswise
... satellite. The imaged satellite is called EURECA – short for EUropean ... The big advantage of X-ray imaging is the same for satellites as it ...
Satellite Launches
China launches Shenzhou-22 early for stranded space station crew - Phys.org
A Long March-2F rocket at the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Centre. China on Tuesday launched an unmanned spacecraft to its space station to help the ...
ESA - SpainSat NG programme completed as second secure ... - European Space Agency
... Images. About ESA. The European Space Agency (ESA) is ... SpainSat NG programme completed as second secure communications satellite launches.
China launches emergency mission to its space station - Engadget
China launched the Shenzhou-22 spaceship from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch ... (Photo by VCG/VCG via Getty Images) (VCG via Getty Images) More.
China Launches Shenzhou 22 Spacecraft to Assist in Return of 3 Astronauts Stranded on ...
... Satellite Launch Center in Jiuquan, northwestern China, Tuesday, Nov. ... View All 14 Images. Join the Conversation. See Comments. Tags: Associated ...
BlackSky announces latest Gen-3 satellite in orbit after confidential Electron launch
... imagery less than 24 hours after its launch this month. The spacecraft is the third Gen-3 satellite in orbit, capable of producing images at a ...
Small satellites – compact all-rounders in space
The PIXL-1 CubeSat can acquire images ... More than 9000 small satellites were launched into space between 2015 and 2024, and demand is growing.
China launches terrifying D-Day style landing drills for Taiwan INVASION - YouTube
Disturbing satellite imagery has confirmed an armada of ferries was commandeered to practice delivering troops, vehicles and military gear to ...
Images of dog rescuing cat in Thai floods likely used AI, expert says - BBC News
BBC Verify uses open-source intelligence, satellite imagery, fact-checking and data analysis to help report complex stories. This feed is where we ...
BlackSky delivers first very high resolution images from third Gen-3 satellite less than 24 ...
BlackSky Technology Inc. has released the first very high resolution images from its third Gen-3 satellite in under 24 hours after the November launch ...
BlackSky Quickly Delivers First Very High-Resolution Images from - GuruFocus
... Images from Third Gen-3 Satellite Less Than 24 Hours Following Launch ... satellite less than 24hours following the satellite's successful launch ...
BlackSky delivers first images from new satellite within 24 hours of launch - Investing.com
The satellite captured detailed imagery of the Port of Jebel Ali in Dubai, showing port activities including container operations and tugboats ...
BlackSky Quickly Delivers First Very High-Resolution Images from Third Gen-3 Satellite ...
... Images from Third Gen-3 Satellite Less Than 24 Hours Following Launch ... satellite less than 24 hours following the satellite's successful launch.
Hunter kills his 2 brothers after argument erupts in upstate NY cabin: cops | New York Post
Satellite view of Botsford Hollow Road in Allen, NY. The three ... launched the manhunt. Explore More. An image collage containing 2 images ...
Today's biggest science news: Shenzhou-22 relieves stranded astronauts | Ancient volcano erupts
Hurricane Melissa smashes wind speed record. Gif showing satellite imagery of tropical storm Melissa. (Image credit: CIRA/NOAA). Climate change is ...
Group of Tu-22M3 bombers redepolyed to Kola - The Barents Observer
Satellite images studied by the Barents Observer this summer and autumn have shown that there nowadays normally is only one or two Tu-95MS planes ...
China's Shenzhou-22 docks with Tiangong space station in emergency backup launch
The spacecraft lifted off from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in ... Anadolu Images · Energy Terminal · AA Academy · Green Line · Discrimination ...
China completes first emergency mission to Tiangong space station - Reuters
The unmanned Shenzhou-22 spacecraft lifted off on a Long March-2F rocket from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Centre in northwest China at 12:11 p.m. ( ...
China launches uncrewed Shenzhou capsule for 3 astronauts stuck on Tiangong space station
A Long March 2F/G rocket lifted off from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch ... images showing holes in the surface of Mars where caves have formed.
China launches spacecraft to bring 3 stranded astronauts back from space station ... - CBS News
... Satellite Launch Center on Nov. 25, 2025 in northwest China. VCG / VCG via Getty Images. Earlier this month, another group of Chinese astronauts ...
X-Raying a Satellite | Newswise
The big advantage of X-ray imaging is the same for satellites as it is ... “Ideally, such satellites should be X-rayed both before launch and after ...
EO-MSI
BlackSky Technology Inc. Quickly Delivers First Very High-Resolution Images from Third ...
BlackSky Technology Inc. delivered the first very high-resolution images from the company's third Gen-3 satellite less than 24hours following the ...
M42, Constellation Network and DFNN Group Announce Agreement to Pioneer the World's ...
NEO · Litecoin · Bitcoin Cash · Wallets · Best Cryptocurrency Wallets · Best ... Constellation Network and DFNN Inc. to launch the world's first AI ...
BlackSky delivers first very high resolution images from third Gen-3 satellite less than 24 ...
BlackSky Technology Inc. has released the first very high resolution images from its third Gen-3 satellite in under 24 hours after the November ...
BlackSky delivers first images from new satellite within 24 hours of launch - Investing.com
BlackSky provides real-time, space-based intelligence services through its proprietary low earth orbit satellite constellation and analytics software ...
Making COMSATCOM accessible for large-scale defense requirements - SpaceNews
... satellite operator or render older equipment ... Previous BlackSky announces latest Gen-3 satellite in orbit after confidential Electron launch ...
Times Square reveals striking new ball for New Year's Eve celebration | New York Post
... Constellation Ball, the iconic sphere ... President Trump Gives Saudi Leader Royal Welcome, Neo-Nazi Pleads Guilty to Horrifying Terror Plot ...
BlackSky Quickly Delivers First Very High-Resolution Images from Third Gen-3 Satellite ... - 巴士的報
... satellite enters its final operational altitude. “As BlackSky continues to expand our Gen-3 constellation, this successful mission signifies the ...
Satellite images locate Ukrainian kids abducted by Russia: lab - East Coast Radio
... satellite image released by Maxar Technologies on June 7, 2022 shows buildings after destruction in Rubizhne, on June 6, 2022. Photo by Satellite ...
BlackSky Quickly Delivers First Very High-Resolution Images from Third Gen-3 ... - The Joplin Globe
VA-BLACKSKY-TECHNOLOGY. BlackSky delivered the first very high-resolution images from the company's third Gen-3 satellite less than 24 hours ...
BlackSky Quickly Delivers First Very High-Resolution Images from Third Gen-3 Satellite ...
BlackSky delivered the first very high-resolution images from the company's third Gen-3 satellite less than 24 hours following launch.
BlackSky announces latest Gen-3 satellite in orbit after confidential Electron launch
BlackSky was the confidential customer for the latest Rocket Lab launch, placing into orbit a satellite that has already returned its first ...
Rush Gold Mobilizes Field Crews and Commences WorldView-3 Satellite Alteration Image ...
Rush Gold Mobilizes Field Crews and Commences WorldView-3 Satellite Alteration Image Acquisition at Skylight and Legal Tender Properties. Nevada ...
Satellite internet subsidy bid runs into a ₹1.7 tn hurdle - Mint
Satellite internet subsidy bid runs into a ₹1.7 tn hurdle. Jatin ... Neo Bihar Chunav iPhone 17 Price in India Apple iPhone 17 Pro Max Price ...
From Red Sea to Delhi: Tracking Ethiopia's volcanic plume via satellite images - India Today
This event has prompted concerns over air travel and atmospheric conditions in the region. Advertisement. NASA Worldview.
Rush Gold Mobilizes Field Crews and Commences WorldView-3 Satellite Alteration Image ...
Rush Gold Mobilizes Field Crews and Commences WorldView-3 Satellite Alteration Image Acquisition at Skylight and Legal Tender Properties. Tuesday ...
New School community protests university restructuring
The centered person is holding a megaphone Union members speak following the picket outside of the University Center. Photo by Dove Williams.
Outage Prevention from Orbit: Why Utilities Are Turning to Satellites and Geospatial Analytics
Satellite imagery is the best way for utilities to maintain ... Space imaging companies like Airbus, Vantor (formerly Maxar), and ...
Amazon Takes Aim at Starlink With Satellite Beta Promising Gigabit Speeds | PCMag
Early test users will receive access to the Leo Ultra, Amazon's most powerful satellite dish. “The full-duplex phased array antenna provides download ...
Howell residents say Neo-Nazis are placing recruitment stickers in neighborhood - WLNS
Howell residents say Neo-Nazis placing recruitment stickers in neighborhood. ... Satellite · Current Conditions · Weather Stories · PICS ON 6: Share ...
North Korea's nuclear upgrades seen from space as South readies 'monster missiles'
Photo: 2021 Maxar Technologies. Park Chan-kyong. Published: 8:00am, 25 Nov 2025 Updated: 8:28am, 25 Nov 2025. New satellite imagery suggests North ...
SAR
Ukraine's Allies Weigh Options if US Cuts Intelligence Support: Report - The Defense Post
ICEYE has sold satellites to Poland, the Netherlands, Finland, and Portugal, and plans to expand its current constellation ... The constellation is ...
Europe seeks intelligence alternatives to the US for Ukraine support - Harici
... satellite tech for autonomy ... Related Topics:defense innovationDonald TrumpEuropeEuropean autonomyICEYEintelligence sharingmilitary intelligencenato ...
BlackSky delivers first very high resolution images from third Gen-3 satellite less than 24 ...
SSC and ICEYE sign intent to expand cooperation on space and defence capabilities · Brian O'Toole, CEO of BlackSky Technology Inc., has been named “ ...
Celestial Guests Join the Winter Hexagon, by Dennis Mammana | Creators Syndicate
Sirius marks the ancient constellation of Canis Major, the great ... From Capella, slide downward and to the right until you come upon the ...
Polish rocket reaches 65 km altitude in successful launch - TVP World
(ICEYE press materials). Poland's first military satellite launch postponed until after Independence Day. Society. It was the final test in Poland's ...
Canberra-based EOS wins another order for counter-drone system - PS News
Canberra's Electro Optic Systems (EOS) has announced it has won an order valued at $20 million for its Slinger counter-drone…
India's first privately built PSLV set for early 2026 launch: All about it - CNBC TV18
... satellite EOS-10. The mission was initially planned for the first quarter of 2025. However, delays in satellite readiness pushed the schedule back.
Eos Energy Raises $600M in 1.75% Convertible Notes | EOSE Stock News
Eos Energy closes $600M 1.75% convertible notes and $458.2M stock ... Satellite · Top Companies by Market Cap Top Dividend-Paying Companies.
Eos Energy Successfully Closes $600 Million Convertible Senior Notes Offering and ...
... Satellite · Pinpoint Weather App · QC Homegrown · Traffic · Charlotte Airport ... Eos Energy Successfully Closes $600 Million Convertible Senior ...
Airbus Secures OmanSat-1 Deal for OneSat Platform - Via Satellite
Government/Military Iceye to Collaborate with Swedish Space Corporation on Nordic, NATO Space Capabilities · Manufacturing. Airbus Secures OmanSat-1 ...
Amazon Leo Details Private Networking Service for Enterprise Customers - Via Satellite
Government/Military Iceye to Collaborate with Swedish Space Corporation on Nordic, NATO Space Capabilities · Connectivity. Amazon Leo Details Private ...
Kyivstar Starts Direct to Cell Service in Ukraine With Starlink - Via Satellite
Government/Military Iceye to Collaborate with Swedish Space Corporation on Nordic, NATO Space Capabilities ... constellation. First announced ...
Space-Grade Innovation: The Evolution of Onboard Computing With Aethero CEO Edward Ge
Government/Military UKSA Funds Satellite ... Government/Military Iceye to Collaborate with Swedish Space Corporation on Nordic, NATO Space Capabilities.
Evening sky with Pleiades, Hyades, Capella, Taurus constellation, Jupiter, Castor and Pollux - Reddit
Also slightly to the left is the bright star Capella in the constellation Auriga. Capella is a binary star system with two yellow giant stars, located ...
IonQ invests in maker of hydrogen-powered drones - Washington Technology
... satellite imagery data fusion. IonQ acquired imagery satellite operator Capella Space in the spring as part of that push to bring quantum tech ...
ICEYE and Swedish Space Corporation Sign Agreement to Enhance ISR Capabilities in ...
For example, Norway has entered into a collaboration with Surrey Satellite Technology to establish a satellite constellation aimed at bolstering ...
Thanksgiving in Space: What Space Missions We're Thankful For This Year - Orbital Today
The planned mission duration is 5 years. NISAR is a joint project between NASA and ISRO to develop and launch an Earth observation satellite (EOS) ...
ICEYE and SSC Partner to Advance Nordic and NATO Space Capabilities - SatNow
ICEYE, the global leader in Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) satellite operations, and Swedish Space Corporation (SSC), a leading global provider of ...
SAIC Lands $1.4B Contract to Accelerate US Military Innovation - The Defense Post
ICEYE satellite constellation graphic. ICEYE and Swedish Space Corporation Partner to Boost Arctic ISR for NATO. November 24, 2025. Integrated Battle ...
Eos Orbit Co. Ltd. - Frappe
EOS is working on satellite design, and as a deep-tech company building and operating Thailand's first fully functional LEO satellite, EOS Orbit ...
HSI
Northstar Q3 2025 Results: $3.9M Loss, $3.6M Financing | ROOOF Stock News
... Satellite · Top Companies by Market Cap Top Dividend-Paying ... For further information about Northstar, please visit www.northstarcleantech.com.
ISRO to launch US communication satellite in December - mahamedianews
He clarified that it is not a collaboration mission, but an American satellite would be launched on a commercial basis. ... Pixxel, Digantara launch ...
Northstar Signs Funding Agreement to Support Cam Copper Surgical Mining Project
Northstar signs Master Project Agreement to fund Cam Copper pilot ... Satellite · Top Companies by Market Cap Top Dividend-Paying Companies.