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
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Mar 28,2024
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... Imaging Constellation · Government/Military. March 27 ... Satellite Product Line · Government/Military ... Intelligence – All Rights Reserved. Privacy ...

Mar 28,2024
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South Korean media say North Korea is making preparations to launch a second military satellite from a site in its northwestern region.

Mar 28,2024
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Additional findings derived from the satellite imagery and other sources "provide evidence for military use of schools" by Israeli Security Forces " ...

Mar 28,2024
Using satellite imagery to tell stories - FlowingData

Satellite imagery on its own can be limited in what it can say without context. It's photos from the sky, which is neat and technical, ...

Mar 28,2024
Desert Dust Envelops Portugal and Spain - NASA Earth Observatory

The MODIS (Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer) on NASA's Terra satellite captured this image of dust enveloping the Iberian Peninsula on ...

Mar 28,2024
FCC Dismisses SpaceX's Request to Use Globalstar and Dish Spectrum in Starlink Gen2

The FCC dismissed SpaceX's request to use certain mobile satellite services (MSS) spectrum authorized to Globalstar and Dish in the Gen2 Starlink ...

Mar 28,2024
A faster spinning Earth may cause timekeepers to subtract a second from world clocks

This satellite image provided by NOAA/NASA shows the Earth's western hemisphere at noon on May 20, 2018, made by the new GOES-17 satellite, using ...

Mar 28,2024
Russia's 'Ivan Khurs' Spy Ship Can Track Ukraine's Radars & Missiles - Forbes

That is, sinking Ivan Khurs. It's unclear how badly damaged the intel vessel is following the Sunday raid. Satellite imagery seems to reveal scorch ...

Mar 28,2024
Satellite Imagery - Definition, Analogy, and Study Resources | Fiveable

Satellite Imagery - Satellite imagery refers to images of Earth or other planets collected by imaging satellites operated by governments and ...

Mar 28,2024
A faster spinning Earth may cause timekeepers to subtract a second from world clocks

... image provided by NOAA/NASA In This May 31, 2018 satellite. FILE – This image provided by NOAA/NASA In This May 31, 2018 satellite image shows the ...

Mar 28,2024
How to get satellite imagery data in FastAPI : r/learnpython - Reddit

Newbie here. I need to work on satellite imagery data in FastAPI to evaluate indices like NDVI and SOC. Does anyone know how to import the imagery ...

Mar 28,2024
Elon Musk's SpaceX is building an intelligence satellite network | The Business Standard

Elon Musk's SpaceX is building an intelligence satellite network ... SpaceX's involvement in US intelligence and military projects has again been ...

Mar 28,2024
An airstrip is being built on a Yemeni island during the ongoing war, with 'I LOVE UAE' next to it

As Yemen's Houthi rebels continue to target ships in a Mideast waterway, satellite pictures analyzed by The Associated Press show what appears to ...

Mar 28,2024
Australia's $207 million major satellite program - Australian Geographic

A Landsat image of Lake Torrens, South Australia. ... satellite program from which Australia has benefited for over 40 years. ... Image credit: USGS.

Mar 28,2024
SAT-NGP : Unleashing Neural Graphics Primitives for Fast Relightable Transient-Free 3D ...

Current stereo-vision pipelines produce high accuracy 3D reconstruction when using multiple pairs or triplets of satellite images. However, these ...

Mar 28,2024
Cloud "loop" | Schnack's Weather Blog | kwwl.com

But was that really what is in the photo? Sat loop image. The satellite loop is below to ...

Mar 28,2024
Apex Completes 1st payload commissioning - SatNews

Apex has released its “satellite selfie,” an image taken by its Aries SN1 spacecraft — the photograph was taken by a payload owned by Apex, which ...

Mar 28,2024
Katalyst Joins DARPA to Demo the Upgrade Economy in Orbit - Payload Space

Katalyst staff at work developing the SIGHT module for the Space Force. Image: Katalyst. ... satellite. The goal: The mission aims to give that ...

Mar 28,2024
MapLab: AI That Gives a Dam - Bloomberg

... intelligence and satellite imagery. “If I was going to physically go visit every beaver pond that I include in my studies, it would take me years ...

Mar 28,2024
Satellite Launches
Final Delta IV Heavy Launch: Finale for a Rocket That Brings the Heat - The New York Times

... satellite for the National Reconnaissance Office. “This is such an amazing piece of technology. Twenty-three stories tall. Half a million gallons ...

Mar 28,2024
North Central Bronx hospital announces launch of satellite CPEP program

Staff at NYC Health + Hospitals/Jacobi | North Central Bronx (NCB) smile for a photo. Photo courtesy John Doyle. Sign up for our Bronx Times email ...

Mar 28,2024
United Launch Alliance to launch final Delta Heavy IV rocket today. Here's how to watch live

United Launch Alliance will launch a spy satellite ... Engaging articles, breathtaking images and expert knowledge ... (Image credit: United Launch ...

Mar 28,2024
Skyroot tests key rocket motor, hopes to launch satellites soon - ET Telecom

... launch satellites soon. image. By clicking “Accept All Cookies”, you agree to the storing of cookies on your device to enhance site navigation ...

Mar 28,2024
Spire Global to Scale Constellation for HANCOM InSpace

... satellite remote sensing image data service. ... Hancom plans to launch and operate a constellation of up to 50 satellites. ... With the integration of ...

Mar 28,2024
NASA to launch rockets into Moon's shadow during Great North American Eclipse

The ionosphere is between 55 to 400 miles above the ground and is essentially where Earth's atmosphere meets space. Many Earth-orbiting satellites ...

Mar 28,2024
Ministry to test Taiping satellite system - Taipei Times

Itu Aba Island is pictured in an undated photograph. Photo: Reuters. “Once the medium Earth orbit satellite system is launched, the bandwidth ...

Mar 28,2024
UK Gov Launches £60M C-LEO Programme for Satellite Ideas | Mirage News

A new record was set in 2023, with more than 2,900 satellites launched ... 3D Imagery Uncovers Connection Between Crack Complexity, Material Toughness.

Mar 28,2024
Future quantum computers will be no match for 'space encryption' that uses light to beam data around

The next step will be to test the system in space, with a satellite launch scheduled for 2025. They will probably need hundreds, or perhaps even ...

Mar 28,2024
New journey begins for fourth phase of China's lunar exploration program - People's Daily

On March 20, China sent a new relay satellite into space ... (Photo courtesy of China National Space Administration) ... China launched the first relay ...

Mar 28,2024
An airstrip is being built on a Yemeni island during the ongoing war, with 'I LOVE UAE' next to it

However, satellite images shot for the AP ... U.S. special forces have launched raids in the ... But in January, the U.S. began launching airstrikes ...

Mar 28,2024
N. Korea Reportedly Preparing for 4th Military Spy Satellite Launch - KBS WORLD

Korea Reportedly Preparing for 4th Military Spy Satellite Launch. Photo : YONHAP News. North Korea is reportedly making preparations for its fourth ...

Mar 28,2024
An airstrip is being built on a Yemeni island during the ongoing war, with 'I LOVE UAE' next to it

As Yemen's Houthi rebels continue to target ships in a Mideast waterway, satellite pictures analyzed by The Associated Press show what appears to ...

Mar 28,2024
As Space Threats Mount, U.S. Lags in Protecting GPS Services - The New York Times

... space program, in October in a photo released by state media. ... Kevin Frayer/Getty Images. Russia, too ... It will launch satellites to augment the ...

Mar 28,2024
Live coverage: ULA, NRO to launch final Delta 4 Heavy rocket - Spaceflight Now

Photo: Adam Bernstein/Spaceflight Now. United Launch Alliance is preparing to bid a fond farewell to what its CEO calls “the most metal of all rockets ...

Mar 28,2024
GOES-U weather satellite to launch June 25 after leak causes delay - Yahoo

It is the only Series-R satellite with a Compact Coronagraph. This third instrument on the craft is a solar telescope that will image the outer layer ...

Mar 28,2024
FCC Dismisses SpaceX's Request to Use Globalstar and Dish Spectrum in Starlink Gen2

... Launch. March 18, 2024. Maxar's First WorldView ... Imagery and Sensing. March 12, 2024. Rocket Lab ... satellite and Terrestar T-1 satellite. This ...

Mar 28,2024
Saltzman Pushes Need for 'Actionable' Space Domain Awareness

The plan also seeks to enhance daytime detection of satellites, allowing for tracking and imaging even when ground-based optical systems can't see ...

Mar 28,2024
China Could Have Its Own Aircraft Carrier-Based 'Eye in the Sky' | The National Interest

There has been no evidence—photo, video, satellite—to suggest that the KJ-600 has undergone catapult launch or arrested recovery, but such testing ...

Mar 28,2024
NASA to launch sounding rockets into moon's shadow during solar eclipse - Phys.org

It's often difficult to study short-term changes in the ionosphere during an eclipse with satellites because they may not be at the right place or ...

Mar 28,2024
EO-MSI
Constellation Brands (NYSE:STZ) Earns Outperform Rating from Evercore ISI

Read Constellation Brands (NYSE:STZ) Earns Outperform Rating from Evercore ISI at Defense World.

Mar 28,2024
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Mar 28,2024
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... satellite image provided by Maxar Technologies shows a view of the Francis Scott Key Bridge. People gather for a vigil near the scene where a ...

Mar 28,2024
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Mar 28,2024
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Satellite image ©2024 Maxar Technologies. Divers on Wednesday recovered the remains of two of the six ...

Mar 28,2024
What we know about the Baltimore bridge collapse - Washington Times

... rammed into the … This satellite image provided by Maxar … more >. Back. Print. By Ben Finley - Associated Press - Wednesday, March 27, 2024.

Mar 28,2024
Baltimore bridge collapse to cause supply chain snags, risks raising prices

... satellite image provided by Maxar Technologies shows a view of the ... satellite image provided by Maxar Technologies shows a view of the Francis ...

Mar 28,2024
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... neo-noir story with visually engaging style. Despite season 2 teasing ... Constellation (2024) · Apple TV+ Already Has The Perfect Sci-Fi Show To Watch ...

Mar 28,2024
Police had about 90 seconds to stop traffic before Baltimore bridge fell. 6 workers are feared dead

Powerless and laden with huge containers, the vessel smashed into a support pillar. This satellite image provided by Maxar Technologies shows a view ...

Mar 28,2024
Construction at North Korea's Kangson Facility: Probable Storage or Offices

Commercial satellite imagery over the past few ... Image Pleiades NEO © Airbus DS 2024. For media ... Sohae Satellite Launching Station: New Activity at ...

Mar 28,2024
What we know about the Baltimore bridge collapse - Yahoo Finance

APTOPIX Maryland Bridge Collapse. This satellite image provided by Maxar Technologies shows a view of the Francis Scott Key Bridge that was struck by ...

Mar 28,2024
Investigation into Baltimore bridge collapse picks up speed as divers search for missing workers

Share this: · Col. · A container ship rests against wreckage of the Francis Scott... · This satellite image provided by Maxar Technologies shows a view..

Mar 28,2024
Emergency bill being drafted to aid Baltimore's port workers post-Key Bridge collapse

... satellite image provided by Maxar Technologies shows a view of the Francis Scott Key Bridge · A Coast Gaurd cutter patrols in front of a cargo ship ...

Mar 28,2024
Emergency bill being drafted to aid Baltimore's port workers post-Key Bridge collapse

... satellite image provided by Maxar Technologies shows a view of the Francis Scott Key Bridge. A Coast Gaurd cutter patrols in front of a cargo ship ...

Mar 28,2024
Hancom Inspace Chooses Spire Global to Build Imaging Constellation - Via Satellite

... Maxar's First WorldView Legion Satellites ... satellite remote sensing image data service constellation. ... satellite constellation. Sejong-2 and Sejong- ...

Mar 28,2024
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Police had about 90 seconds to stop traffic before a Baltimore bridge fell. Six workers are feared dead. This satellite image provided by Maxar ...

Mar 28,2024
Baltimore bridge collapse: 10 other ships stuck in Port of Baltimore - ABC30

This satellite image provided by Maxar Technologies shows a view of the Francis Scott Key Bridge. This satellite image provided by Maxar ...

Mar 28,2024
Tragic Baltimore bridge collapse aftermath seen from space (satellite photos)

Maxar Technologies captured satellite images of the collapsed Francis Scott Key Bridge in Baltimore, which was struck by a giant cargo ship early ...

Mar 28,2024
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This combination of satellite images provided by Maxar Technologies shows an overview of Banyan Court in Lahaina on Maui, Hawaii, on June 25, top, and ...

Mar 28,2024
A faster spinning Earth may cause timekeepers to subtract a second from world clocks

... satellite image provided by Maxar Technologies shows a view of the Francis Scott Key Bridge · A UK financial trader dubbed the ringleader of an ...

Mar 28,2024
HSI
RF
Texas Governor Abbott Launches New Texas Space Commission - Via Satellite

... Satellite · Subscribe for Free · Subscribe for Free. Latest News. Imagery and Sensing. March 27, 2024. Hancom Inspace Chooses Spire Global to Build ...

Mar 28,2024
Spire Global Announces Space Services Deal to Scale Constellation for HANCOM InSpace

The data acquired by Spire's satellites provides global weather intelligence, ship and plane movements, and spoofing and jamming detection to ...

Mar 28,2024
Hancom Inspace Chooses Spire Global to Build Imaging Constellation - Via Satellite

Spire Global set an agreement with Korean company Hancom InSpace to enhance its Sejong-1 satellite and to build and operate two additional ...

Mar 28,2024
Spire Global Announces Space Services Deal to Scale Constellation for HANCOM InSpace

Spire builds, owns, and operates a fully deployed satellite constellation that observes the Earth in real time using radio frequency technology. The ...

Mar 28,2024
Spire Global Announces Space Services Deal to Scale Constellation for HANCOM InSpace (Source

367 subscribers in the SPIR community. Spire Global, Inc. (SPIR) develops a hardware and intelligent analytics platform that tracks the oceans…

Mar 28,2024
Spire, HANCOM InSpace Expand Satellite Constellation - Global Business Press

Spire Global announced a deal with South Korea's HANCOM InSpace to deploy two additional satellites, Sejong-2 and Sejong-3.

Mar 28,2024
Spire Global enters into space services deal with HANCOM (NYSE:SPIR) | Seeking Alpha

Under the deal, SPIR will build and operate the satellites. "Collaborating with Hancom on the expansion of their satellite constellation is a ...

Mar 28,2024
Spire Global announces space services deal to scale constellation for HANCOM InSpace

Together, these satellites will form a constellation for Korea's first three-satellite remote sensing image data service. Sejong-1, a Spire satellite ...

Mar 28,2024
Spire Global announces space services deal to scale constellation for ... - Satellite Evolution

Hancom plans to launch and operate a constellation of up to 50 satellites. Sejong-1, a Spire satellite carrying an optical payload for ...

Mar 28,2024
Spire Global expands satellite services with Hancom deal - Investing.com

These satellites are designed to enhance South Korea's first commercial remote sensing image data service by joining the already launched Sejong-1.

Mar 28,2024
Spire Global, Inc. Announces Space Services Deal to Scale Constellation for HANCOM InSpace

Spire Global, Inc. announced an agreement with HANCOM InSpace, for Sejong-2 and Sejong-3 two additional satellites with Spire Space Services.

Mar 28,2024
Spire Global, Inc. Announces Space Services Deal to Scale Constellation for HANCOM InSpace

Spire Global, Inc. announced an agreement with HANCOM InSpace, for Sejong-2 and Sejong-3 two additional satellites with Spire Space Services.

Mar 28,2024
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Mar 28,2024
Spire Global Announces Space Services Deal to Scale Constellation for HANCOM InSpace

Hancom plans to launch and operate a constellation of up to 50 satellites. Sejong-1, a Spire satellite carrying an optical payload for Hancom, ...

Mar 28,2024
Spire Global (SPIR) Enters Space Services Deal to Scale Constellation for HANCOM InSpace

Together, these satellites will form a constellation for Korea's first three-satellite remote sensing image data service. Hancom specializes in ...

Mar 28,2024
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