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
Russia is buying commercial satellite imagery of Ukraine, that's Elon's fault too, because reasons...

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Mar 19,2024
Earth+: on-board satellite imagery compression leveraging historical earth observations

With the increasing deployment of earth observation satellite constellations, the downlink (satellite-to-ground) capacity often limits the freshness, ...

Mar 19,2024
American Satellite Imagery Companies are likely selling Ukraine imagery to Russia which ... - Reddit

American Satellite Imagery Companies are likely selling Ukraine imagery to Russia which aids them in targeting their cruise missiles better. Shame on ...

Mar 19,2024
Rapid study of Kakhovka Dam breach impacts will support biodiversity's recovery

... satellite imagery and a study of data on the region's ecology. This enabled the identification of protected habitats and species likely to be ...

Mar 19,2024
NRO expects even lower National Security Space Launch costs starting in FY25

SATELLITE 2024 — The National Reconnaissance Office (NRO) expects that the next round of launches to be procured through the Space Force's ...

Mar 19,2024
Today's D Brief: Shells for Ukraine; SpaceX's big contract; China's nascent railgun - Defense One

Related reading: “N. Korean leader congratulates Putin on reelection,” South Korea's Yonhap news agency reported Monday;; “Buying satellite imagery of ...

Mar 19,2024
Some bay clouds Monday with sunny and warm afternoon - KSBW

... SATELLITE IMAGERY SHOW WHERE THE STORMS SYSTEMS, CLOUDS AND RAIN ARE RIGHT NOW. DRY WEATHER CONDITIONS AND ABOVE AVERAGE TEMPERATURES WILL PREVAIL ...

Mar 19,2024
Longmont weather: High of 56 with sunny skies

24-Hour satellite. Watch NOAA's 24-hour satellite image here. Share this: Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) · Click to share on Reddit ...

Mar 19,2024
National Reconnaissance Office embracing mix of big and small satellites - SpaceNews

Troy Meink, principal deputy director of the NRO, speaks at the Satellite 2024 conference March 18, 2024. ... intelligence infrastructure.” Related.

Mar 19,2024
ORCA Computing Unveils First Demonstration of a Hybrid Algorithm Utilizing the ... - Morningstar

ORCA's algorithms have showcased versatility across diverse use cases, including generative chemistry, time series forecasting, and satellite image ...

Mar 19,2024
Maxar's First WorldView Legion Satellites Shipped to Launch Site

... satellite after the company was acquired by ... Intelligence's imagery resolution and accuracy ... Intelligence's capacity to collect 30 cm-class and ...

Mar 19,2024
While USSF Budget Dips, Funds for New Nuclear Command and Control Satellites Jump

Close Image. A notional rendering of an Evolved Strategic SATCOM satellite. Image courtesy of Northrop Grumman ... satellite constellation, even as ...

Mar 19,2024
S.Korea warns of possible North satellite launch as early as late March | NHK WORLD-JAPAN News

... satellite that the North launched last year. Pyongyang says that it put its first military reconnaissance satellite into orbit last November.

Mar 19,2024
Netanyahu says he's trying everything to get more aid to Gaza. Aid groups say that's not true

In a satellite image from late last month a line of trucks could be seen stretching out for 4 miles from the crossing. Even when relief does enter ...

Mar 19,2024
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205 Highway A1a # 602, Satellite Beach, FL 32937 - Image 1. 205 Highway A1a # 602, Satellite Beach, FL 32937 - Image 2. 205 Highway A1a # 602 ...

Mar 19,2024
Russia corrects strikes on Ukrainian territory using satellite images bought from US - media

Russian cruise missile strikes on Ukraine are planned using satellite images provided by companies from the United States.

Mar 19,2024
Accurate Positioning Data for Alaska and the Arctic - NOAA's National Ocean Service

National Geodetic Survey staff shuttling back to the U.S. Coast Guard cutter Naushon after obtaining Global Navigation Satellite System measurements ...

Mar 19,2024
Satellite Companies Must Think Outside the Launcher to Compete with 'Gorilla' SpaceX

Six panelists, including Bednarek, represented six different launch companies at a panel discussion at the Satellite 2024 conference and ...

Mar 19,2024
Digital Farm: Farmers Expect Use of Artificial Intelligence to Triple - Continental AG

... satellite images, the use of robotics (13 percent) and artificial intelligence (10 percent) is less widespread. However, the use of drones is ...

Mar 19,2024
Tournear: Deorbiting services could have cost-saving benefits for SDA | DefenseScoop

Space Development Agency Director Derek Tournear is considering how planning for future satellite deorbiting could save the agency money down the ...

Mar 19,2024
Satellite Launches
Rocket launch streaks across San Diego sky - 10News.com

The Falcon 9 launch was on a mission to launch 22 Starlink satellites into low-earth orbit. Images captured throughout San Diego show vibrant columns ...

Mar 19,2024
SpaceX plume visible throughout SoCal as Falcon 9 rocket deploys Starlink satellites

With weather conditions accentuating the image, SpaceX launched 22 Starlink satellites into low-Earth orbit from Vandenberg Space Force Base.

Mar 19,2024
SpaceX rocket launch seen over Phoenix

... photos. SpaceX rocket launch seen over Phoenix. The launch of several SpaceX Starlink satellites was seen in the downtown Phoenix sky after taking ...

Mar 19,2024
Launch of SpaceX Starlink satellites seen over Phoenix

The launch of several SpaceX Starlink satellites was seen in the downtown Phoenix sky after taking off from California's Vandenberg Space Force ...

Mar 19,2024
China rolls out rocket for Queqiao-2 lunar satellite launch - SpaceNews

These are an extreme ultraviolet camera, an array neutral atom imager and an Earth-moon length baseline very long baseline interferometry (VLBI) ...

Mar 19,2024
SpaceX targets Monday evening for a Falcon 9 launch - KSBY

... Launch Pad 39A at the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Fla., Wednesday, Nov. 10, 2021. (AP Photo ... satellites to low-Earth orbit from ...

Mar 19,2024
SpaceX launching 22 Starlink satellites from California tonight | Space

... satellites from California's Vandenberg Space Force Base on March 17, 2023. (Image credit: SpaceX). SpaceX plans to launch another batch of its ...

Mar 19,2024
SpaceX to launch Falcon 9 rocket with Starlink satellites from Vandenberg Space Force Base

SpaceX to launch Falcon 9 rocket with Starlink satellites from Vandenberg Space Force Base. March 19, 2024 Will Robinson-Smith. File photo of a SpaceX ...

Mar 19,2024
Kanyini satellite one step closer to launch - Spatial Source

“The thermal infrared imager will provide vital information on heat generators in South Australia. In parallel with the development phase, SmartSat is ...

Mar 19,2024
Maxar's First WorldView Legion Satellites Shipped to Launch Site

... launch base. Photo: Maxar. The first two ... SpaceX will launch the satellites in a Falcon 9 mission. ... satellites, which will improve Maxar ...

Mar 19,2024
While USSF Budget Dips, Funds for New Nuclear Command and Control Satellites Jump

USAF photo illustration. Fiscal 2025 is shaping up to be a key year in the program's development. Budget documents describe a plan to award a final ...

Mar 19,2024
Tournear: Deorbiting services could have cost-saving benefits for SDA | DefenseScoop

New SDA, MDA missile-tracking satellites launched into space ... Rendering of a L3Harris missile warning satellite (L3Harris image) ... (Getty Images) ...

Mar 19,2024
NRO expects even lower National Security Space Launch costs starting in FY25

(Photo: Breaking Defense/Theresa Hitchens). SATELLITE 2024 — The National Reconnaissance Office (NRO) expects that the next round of launches to be ...

Mar 19,2024
Launch Roundup: two missions to the ISS, including first Dragon from SLC-40

... imager, and a camera to capture extreme ultraviolet radiation. ... Launching from Launch Area 4, Jiuquan Satellite Launch ... (Lead image: Falcon 9 ...

Mar 19,2024
NASA Picks New Candidates for CubeSat Missions to Station | Mirage News

... launched to the International Space Station in November 2022. Photo credit: Thomas Jefferson High School. NASA's CubeSat Launch Initiative (CSLI) ...

Mar 19,2024
China's Military, State Media Slam U.S. After Reuters Report on SpaceX Spy ... - USNews.com

... launch from the company's Boca Chica launchpad on an uncrewed test flight, near Brownsville, Texas, U.S. March 13, 2024. REUTERS/Cheney Orr/FILE PHOTO.

Mar 19,2024
Bad news for life on Mars? Red Planet's wet epoch may have been shorter than we thought

... satellite image of Martian gullies with carbon dioxide ice visible at their edges. (Image credit: Robert Lea/ NASA/ HiRISE (High Resolution Imaging ...

Mar 19,2024
Canon Successfully Launches CE-SAT-IE Satellite into Orbit, Captures This Image of Earth

Canon announced today that their have successfully launched their Ce-SAT-IE satellite into orbit from the Yoshinobu Launch Complex in...

Mar 19,2024
Maxar reveals long-delayed WorldView Legion satellites are ready for launch

... satellite built by Maxar Space Systems. Maxar Space Systems. Maxar Intelligence sells earth images and geospatial data collected by its satellites ...

Mar 19,2024
SDA's data rely, missile tracking networks to be operational by end of 2025: Tournear

... satellites for its Proliferated Warfighter Space Architecture. (U.S. Space Force photo by Airman 1st Class Ryan Quijas). SATELLITE 2024 — The Space ...

Mar 19,2024
EO-MSI
Ukraine Suspects Russia's Missiles Guided by US Commercial Satellite Imagery - Kyiv Post

... Maxar and Planet Lab. Ukraine believes that the US Defense Department shares the same view. While US companies say they stopped cooperating with ...

Mar 19,2024
New WAVE Consortium Debuts to Promote Virtualized Ecosystems - Via Satellite

... Maxar's First WorldView Legion Satellites Shipped to Launch Site · Manufacturing. March 14, 2024. Terran Orbital Introduces New SmallSat GEO Offering ...

Mar 19,2024
Elevating Insights into the Satellite-Based Earth Observation Market - openPR.com

... Maxar Technologies Inc., MDA Corporation, Planet Labs Inc., Spire Global, BlackSky Global, Iceye, EOS Data Analytics, RS Metrics, D-Orbit ...

Mar 19,2024
US satellite companies may have sold data to Russia for strikes on Ukraine - Mind.ua

Defence Ministry experts suspect that Russia "buys satellite imagery through third-party companies" that work with market leaders such as Maxar and ...

Mar 19,2024
Maxar's First WorldView Legion Satellites Shipped to Launch Site

Monday's news comes after a long break in updates about the constellation – Maxar had been largely quiet on updates about the WorldView Legion ...

Mar 19,2024
Europe's Weather Satellite Delivers Stunning Earth Views - video Dailymotion

Milky Way's Monster Black Hole Data Collected By 'Legion' Of Telescopes. Space.com. Featured channels. More from. Met Office · More from. ODN · More ...

Mar 19,2024
Moscow likely using US satellite imagery for missile strikes on Ukraine — report - Yahoo

The article also mentions that Maxar and Planet, two of the largest commercial providers of satellite images in the United States, captured photos of ...

Mar 19,2024
California's 'Normal' Winter and High Snowpack Could Curb Wildfire Risk, Prevent Drought

(Satellite photo from NASA Worldview). The California snowpack is glistening white at more than 100% of the average for this time of year — and ...

Mar 19,2024
BlackSky Technology (NYSE:BKSY) Receives "Buy" Rating from Benchmark - MarketBeat

BlackSky Technology (NYSE:BKSY) Receives "Buy" Rating from Benchmark ... BlackSky Technology (NYSE ... satellite and ground systems to government and ...

Mar 19,2024
Maxar reveals long-delayed WorldView Legion satellites are ready for launch

Maxar WorldView Legion cleanroom expand. Workers in a clean room with a WorldView Legion satellite built by Maxar Space Systems. Maxar Space Systems.

Mar 19,2024
MPs shown Scottish-made 'unicorn' satellite at committee meeting - Harrow Times

... MPs in the Scottish ... MPs have been shown a Scottish-made “unicorn” satellite as they heard from companies in the country's space sector. ... Neo-Nazi ...

Mar 19,2024
Combates Entre Israel Y Hamás En Los Alrededores Del Mayor Hospital De Gaza | Barron's

MANDATORY ON SCREEN CREDIT: “SATELLITE IMAGE ©2023 MAXAR TECHNOLOGIES.” THE WATERMARK MAY NOT BE REMOVED/CROPPED. IMAGES USED IN VIDEO SEGMENTS ...

Mar 19,2024
FACT CHECK: Image Claims To Show US Building Naval Base In Gaza

: @Maxar pic.twitter.com/HxnxsMCl5H. — Evan Hill (@evanhill) March 14, 2024. “Satellite images from March 12-14 show a new jetty being built just ...

Mar 19,2024
Satellite manufacturers defend diminished GEO market - SpaceNews

“GEO's not dead,” said Chris Johnson, chief executive of Maxar Space Systems. “By no means is it dead, but it has evolved.” He estimated orders ...

Mar 19,2024
Russia buys satellite images from the US for strikes on Ukraine — mass media - Бабель

Clear satellite images of companies such as Planet or Maxar can be bought through intermediary sites. Both companies provided images of Ukrainian ...

Mar 19,2024
Indian region running out of water as locals sweat - 9News

CNN has obtained two exclusive satellite images from BlackSky ... Satellite images provided by Maxar Technologies show the stricken vessel, reportedly ...

Mar 19,2024
Russian Nuclear Storage Site Under Threat From Putin Defectors' Raids - Newsweek

The Freedom of Russia Legion, Siberian ... This posts on X, formerly Twitter, about the war in Ukraine using satellite maps and open-source intelligence ...

Mar 19,2024
Publicly traded space startup VC Seraphim: The private markets are doing fine. As for the ...

To view the entire article, become a subscriber! All.SpaceArquit QuantumBayanatD-OrbitHawkeye 360Iceye OyMaxar Technologies RF SolutionsMDA Space ...

Mar 19,2024
Maxar eyes spring launch of long-delayed WorldView Legion satellites - SpaceNews

WorldView Legion satellite illustration. Credit: Maxar Technologies ... Tagged: Maxar, Satellite Conference, WorldView Legion · Sandra Erwin.

Mar 19,2024
First Two WorldView Legion Satellites Arrive at Launch Base - Maxar Blog

... Maxar Intelligence's constellation by delivering industry-leading resolution and accuracy. When all six WorldView Legion satellites are launched ...

Mar 19,2024
SAR
Capella Space reveals new satellite design for real-time control of high-resolution Earth imaging

Satellite and Earth observation startup Capella Space has unveiled a new design for its satellite technology, which improves upon its existing ...

Mar 19,2024
Maxar's First WorldView Legion Satellites Shipped to Launch Site

... Satellite · Subscribe for ... Umbra to Next Stage of Commercial RF Sensing ... The full Maxar constellation will consist of 10 electro-optical satellites ...

Mar 19,2024
Canon Successfully Launches CE-SAT-IE Satellite into Orbit, Captures This Image of Earth

Canon announced today that their have successfully launched their Ce-SAT-IE satellite into orbit from the Yoshinobu Launch Complex in...

Mar 19,2024
Canon's Tiny New Micro-Satellite Snaps Its First Photos From Space | PetaPixel

Canon's groundbreaking micro-satellite, CE-SAT-IE, has entered orbit and successfully communicated with the ground station at Canon Electronics' ...

Mar 19,2024
Canon Electronics Successfully Launches CE-SAT-IE Satellite into Orbit - Yahoo Finance

Canon Electronics Inc. Satellite CE-SAT-IE Melville, NY, March 18, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Canon U.S.A., Inc., a leader in digital imaging ...

Mar 19,2024
Canon Electronics Successfully Launches CE-SAT-IE Satellite into Orbit - GlobeNewswire

Two days after the launch, Canon's PowerShot S110 compact digital camera, mounted on the satellite as a secondary-optical system for wide area ...

Mar 19,2024
Canon Electronics Successfully Launches CE-SAT-IE Satellite into Orbit - MarketScreener

Melville, NY, March 18, 2024 -- Canon U.S.A., Inc., a leader in digital imaging solutions, is pleased to announce the CE-SAT-IE, micro-satellite ...

Mar 19,2024
Publicly traded space startup VC Seraphim: The private markets are doing fine. As for the ...

To view the entire article, become a subscriber! All.SpaceArquit QuantumBayanatD-OrbitHawkeye 360Iceye ... SpaceSatellite VuSeraphim Space Investment ...

Mar 19,2024
Elevating Insights into the Satellite-Based Earth Observation Market - openPR.com

... Iceye, EOS Data Analytics, RS Metrics, D-Orbit, Descartes Labs, UrtheCast, Orbital Insight, GHGSat, Satellogic SA, GomSpace, SkyWatch Inc., Global ...

Mar 19,2024
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Nilesat, a satellite operator has chosen Hughes Network Systems' Jupiter System to improve satellite broadband services in Egypt ... EOS · LiDAR ...

Mar 19,2024
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Mar 19,2024
RF
Spire Global partners with NVIDIA on AI weather forecasts - Investing.com UK

Spire's constellation of satellites employs Radio Occultation (RO) technology to collect detailed atmospheric data, such as temperature, pressure ...

Mar 19,2024
Spire Global to Enhance AI-Driven Weather Prediction in Collaboration with NVIDIA

Spire's multipurpose constellation of satellites, utilizing RO technology, offers unmatched global coverage of precise vertical profiles of ...

Mar 19,2024
Maxar's First WorldView Legion Satellites Shipped to Launch Site

... Satellite · Subscribe for ... Unseenlabs Secures $92M in Fundraising for ... The full Maxar constellation will consist of 10 electro-optical satellites ...

Mar 19,2024
Startical orders test satellites for air traffic surveillance and comms constellation

Investors inject $92 million into French maritime surveillance constellation. France-based Unseenlabs has raised 85 million euros ($92 million) ...

Mar 19,2024
With 86% ownership, Spire Inc. (NYSE:SR) boasts of strong institutional backing

Key Insights Institutions' substantial holdings in Spire implies that they have significant influence over the...

Mar 19,2024
Publicly traded space startup VC Seraphim: The private markets are doing fine. As for the ...

... SpaceSatellite VuSeraphim Space Investment Trust plcsesSkyloSSITSSTLYahsat ... Spire Global reports positive EBITDA & operating cash... ... For SpaceX, ...

Mar 19,2024
M2M Satellite Communication Market Size is Expected to Reach Around CAGR 12.9% 2032

ORBCOMM; Outerlink Global Solutions; Qualcomm; Rogers Communications; Semtech; SES; Telesat; Telia; Thales; Viasat; Wireless Logic; Yahsat. Access ...

Mar 19,2024
Space Florida CEO wants to open a dialogue on international space transport regulatory structure

Spire Global reports positive EBITDA & operating cash flow in Q4, forecasts more of the same for full-year 2024 · Home · Mobility · Ground · Broadband ...

Mar 19,2024
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