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.
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Commercial Imagery
Securing the Final Frontier: Cybersecurity Risk, Regulation, and Compliance Trends in ...
... intelligence services seeking access to proprietary data and attempting to disrupt satellite communications. ... commercial satellite operators.
Atmospheric River That Drenched the Northwest Is Now Supercharging 2 Winter Storms
... A NOAA GOES-West satellite image of an atmospheric river affecting the ...
Satellite firm, NGO team up to boost blue carbon monitoring in Indonesia
A European satellite analytics company this week partnered with a conservation group in Indonesia to deploy “hyperspectral imaging” and AI to ...
New satellite images from U.S. company Vantor show multiple Chinese warships operating ...
Newly released satellite imagery shows a cluster of Chinese naval ... "That's unusual that a commercial satellite would be overhead at just ...
Microsoft, Google, OpenAI, and Anthropic join forces to form Agentic AI alliance, according to report
... satellite image showing the Chinese carrier Fujian. Chinese Navy base 3D imaged to 50cm resolution in single satellite pass · Nvidia GeForce GTX 680.
Satellite images suggest seized tanker 'deliberately' manipulated location data - MSN
An ABC News analysis of satellite imagery and tracking data shows the oil tanker seized by the United States off the coast of Venezuela on ...
Peters, Cornyn Reintroduce Satellite Cybersecurity Act - ExecutiveGov
The Satellite Cybersecurity Act will give satellite owners information and resources to secure their systems against cyberthreats.
China, Russia experiment with stealthy satellites, Space Force official says
... satellite, sort of stalking each other. This past year has really been ... intelligence, said today. For example, he said, the three LEO ...
What to Know About Trump's Seizure of an Oil Tanker Near Venezuela
... satellite imagery and photographs. Advertisement. SKIP ADVERTISEMENT. Data provided by TankerTrackers.com suggests that the ship often carried oil ...
Call for inputs - The use of technology in the operations and activities of mercenaries ... - ohchr
How are commercial satellite, imaging, and geospatial services (ISR, RF/spectrum geolocation, SIGINT, AIS/ADS-B) used by mercenaries, mercenary ...
Statement On Cyclone Senyar Damage in Batang Toru - Mighty Earth
“From the satellite imagery, it's clear that thousands of hectares of forest have been lost as a result of these catastrophic storms, threatening ...
An ABC News analysis of satellite imagery and tracking data shows the oil tanker seized by ...
An ABC News analysis of satellite imagery and tracking data shows the oil tanker seized by the U.S. off the coast of Venezuela on Wednesday may ...
U.S. Seizure of Shadow Fleet Tanker 'Skipper' Ends Years-Long Sanctions-Evasion Run
According to maritime intelligence firm Kpler, U.S. forces seized the sanctioned VLCC after satellite imagery confirmed undisclosed loading of Merey ...
Global energy sector methane emissions estimated by using facility-level satellite observations
Nickeson, Commercial Satellite Data ... Guanter, High-Resolution Methane Mapping with the EnMAP Satellite Imaging Spectroscopy Mission.
Satellite images suggest seized tanker 'deliberately' manipulated location data - ABC News
An ABC News analysis of satellite imagery and tracking data shows the oil tanker seized by the U.S. off the coast of Venezuela may have ...
Recent satellite imagery shows that, although construction of the New Yalu River Bridge has ...
South Korea has successfully launched its largest satellite to date using its domestically developed “Nuri rocket”. This satellite — along with a ...
Thursday briefing: Seized oil tanker; Trump administration billionaires; interest rates; ancient fire
This Nov. 18 satellite image shows the oil tanker Skipper, right, docked in Barcelona, Venezuela, weeks before the U.S. seized the ship.
Satellite Pierces Through Space to Discover Unexpected Winds and Sloshing Intergalactic Gas
The X-ray Imaging and Spectroscopy Mission (XRISM) ... Satellite Pierces Through Space to Discover Unexpected Winds and Sloshing Intergalactic Gas.
2025: The Turning Point for Satellite Operators - SpaceNews
2025 is redefining the rules of the game for Fixed Satellite Service (FSS) operators. ... intelligence for segmented by region, technology ...
Desperate Gazans pull iron bars from rubble to construct tents and scratch out a living
... satellite imagery. Most of it can be cleared within seven years under the right conditions, it said. Advertisement · Scroll to continue. A ROD CAN ...
Satellite Launches
The oil tanker seized by the U.S. off the coast of Venezuela may have been trying to conceal ...
... satellite imagery and photographs. Oil Tanker U.S. Seized Off Venezuela ... launched instantly. There was a year-long disagreement between ...
AI helps pilot free-flying robot around the International Space Station for 1st time ever
... satellite uses AI to reorient itself in 'major step towards full autonomy in space' · A white space shuttle launches ... imaging deep into the final ...
The oil tanker seized by US forces had a track record of faking or concealing its ... - Instagram
... launched raid near the coast of Venezuela. But before its seizure ... Satellite images show the vessels still in the Venezuela Venezuela port ...
UK defense minister warns 'shadow of war knocking on Europe's door' - Politico.eu
... launch event at Royal Air Force Wyton. The RAF base in ... Personnel at Wyton will monitor a wide range of data from satellite imagery ...
Amazon's Quiet $10B Bet on Satellite Internet — and Why It Could Power Amazon Stock Higher
... Satellite Internet — and Why It Could Power Amazon Stock Higher. Jacob Wackerhausen / Getty Images. Tobi Opeyemi ...
SpaceX plans to go public in 2026, seeks $1.5 trillion valuation: reports | Space
A Chinese Long March 4B rocket launches the Yaogan 47 satellite to space from Jiuquan Satellite ... images of rare Tatooine-like exoplanet with a ...
Planet Eyes Operating Profit Despite Investment Boost | Aviation Week Network
... launched. An image of Lhasa Gonggar International Airport in Tibet ... Planet Unveils 'Owl' Satellite Fleet With 1-M Class Imagery · Planet Labs ...
U-blox launches SIG 2.00 GNSS firmware - GPS World
... satellite services. Flexible design options on M10 and F10 platforms ... Photo: Singapore skyline, NeoPhoto/iStock/Getty Images Plus/Getty Images ...
SpaceX launches Starlink satellites from Florida on worldwide 300th orbital flight of 2025
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket carrying 29 Starlink satellites launched from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida on Dec. 11, 2025.
Next SpaceX rocket launch from Cape Canaveral set for Thursday - Florida Today
The rocket will be carrying another batch of 29 Starlink internet satellites to orbit, heading on a southeast trajectory after leaving the Cape.
What's Going On With Rocket Lab Stock Wednesday? - Sahm
... imaging mission into its next available launch window. The move ... satellite network delivering more frequent imaging passes. South Korean ...
What we know about the oil tanker seized by the US off the Venezuela coast - The Guardian
At the same time, the Trump administration has launched ... Despite location data putting the vessel closer to the coast of Guyana, satellite imagery ...
Kuva Space Links Up with WWF-Indonesia on Carbon Monitoring - Via Satellite
Launch Arianespace Targets First Mission for Amazon Leo in Early 2026 ... Hyperspectral imaging aims to capture data far beyond the range of ...
Nordic Semiconductor launches nRF9151 software and development kit combining satellite ...
PRNewswire/ -- Nordic Semiconductor, a global leader in low-power wireless connectivity solutions, today announces the launch of the nRF9151 SMA ...
Space ETF Surges as SpaceX IPO Buzz Builds
Smaller holdings in the fund include emerging space companies focused on satellite imagery, space tourism, and lunar landing missions. It thus ...
Keysight Technologies, KT-SAT Demonstrate NR-NTN Multi-Orbit Handover Using ... - Via Satellite
Connectivity Rogers Satellite Launches in Canada · Connectivity Nordic ... Imagery and Sensing Umbra and Italy's E-GEOS to Co-Develop ...
US lawmakers condemn seizure of Venezuelan oil tanker: 'Trump is sleepwalking us into a war'
... satellite images. 14-18 Nov. 4 Tanker location. at 0718 GMT, 11 Dec. 2156 ... launches $1m 'gold card' visa scheme amid immigration crackdown ...
NOAA Shares First SWFO-L1 Space Weather Data from SWiPS | NESDIS
After completing several major post-launch tests, SWiPS began sending science data back to Earth on November 6. As the solar wind (a hot, ionized gas) ...
Kuva Space partners with WWF-Indonesia to bring hyperspectral satellite technology to blue ...
... launch an initiative that uses satellite data and AI to monitor and ... Hyperspectral imaging captures data far beyond the range of ...
Weather looking clear for SpaceX's Starlink launch Thursday afternoon - Spectrum News 13
About the mission. The 29 satellites will head to low-Earth orbit to join the thousands already there once deployed. SpaceX owns the Starlink company, ...
EO-MSI
Satellite Pierces Through Space to Discover Unexpected Winds and Sloshing Intergalactic Gas
Essential EBIT expertise. In another study based on XRISM's findings, the team dove into Cygnus X-3. The mysterious object is shrouded in dust ...
2026 Market Outlook: Why A Small Slice Of AI Defense Can Pay Off - Seeking Alpha
BlackSky's constellation includes a hefty number of small optical imaging satellites. Previously, their service included their Gen‑2 satellite ...
PL Stock Earnings Review: The Sky's the Limit for Planet Labs - CMC Markets
... satellite constellation and analytics platform. It targets ... Planet Labs, BlackSky and Satellogic all operate within the commercial ...
Trump risks becoming 'the President who lost India', warns US lawmaker Kamlager-Dove
WASHINGTON: United States Representative Sydney Kamlager-Dove issued a sharp warning over the current trajectory of India-US relations, ...
Airbus fosters Barry Callebaut`s efforts for a deforestation-free supply chain
... satellite imagery at various resolutions ranging from 10m to Pléiades Neo's 30cm resolution. With real eyes in the sky, satellite imagery empowers ...
Satellite Image Reveals 400-Mile-Long 'Radiation Fog' Over California - Newsweek
... Worldview/VIIRS/Suomi National Polar-orbiting Partnership/Joint Polar Satellite System. An animation of multiple images taken between November 24 ...
Keysight and KT SAT demonstrate first multi-orbit satellite handover - Investing.com
Stock under ₹80 jumps 5% after securing contract from JSW Neo Energy ... satellite and an emulated low earth orbit (LEO) link. Keysight ...
ISRO to launch US' BlueBird-6 satellite, weighing 6.5 tonnes, on Dec 15 - IANS LIVE
... ISI using Bangladesh as hidden launchpad for cross-border terrorism: Report (File. Pakistan's ISI using Bangladesh as hidden launchpad for cross ...
ISRO To Launch US's 6.5-Tonne BlueBird-6 Satellite On December 15 - Free Press Journal
... ISI Chief Faiz Sentenced To 14 Years In Jail By Pakistan Court. Who Is Faiz Hameed? Ex-ISI Chief Faiz Sentenced To 14 Years In Jail · Ex-Miss ...
PL Stock Earnings Review: The Sky's the Limit for Planet Labs | Opto - CMC Markets
BlackSky Technology [BKSY] focuses on real‑time, high‑resolution Earth imagery and geospatial intelligence with a growing satellite constellation and ...
Deep-learning mapping of global road surfaces - Spatial Source
... satellite images of an unsurfaced road Image on the Left ... PlanetScope imagery (2020–24) with deep-learning models to analyse 9.2 ...
Governor awards $350K to Portal Space Systems for Bothell expansion - AeroMorning
First Airbus Eurostar Neo satellite is born · News, Space 11 February 2021. First Airbus Eurostar Neo ...
Kuva Space, WWF-Indonesia Team Up to Test Hyperspectral Blue Carbon Mapping
Eyes in space: Kuva Space will use its hyperspectral satellite constellation ... Less than 24 hours after launch, BlackSky's ($BKSY) latest Gen-3 ...
BlackSky Gen-3 satellite snaps shockingly clear images just 1 day after launch - MSN
Earth imaging company BlackSky has announced the successful deployment of its third Gen-3 imaging satellite, which returned high-resolution ...
Nearly 2,000 GPS Interference Cases Reported At Major Airports In India Since 2023: Centre
For ten years we've played a key role in helping shift the Overton window in favour of our worldview - towards an Indian century rooted in Indian ...
Satellite Unveils Surprising Cosmic Winds, Gas Motion | Mirage News
Satellite Unveils Surprising Cosmic Winds, Gas Motion. Courtesy of ... In another study based on XRISM's findings, the team dove into Cygnus X-3.
BAE Systems advances autonomous space-based surveillance under DARPA Oversight
... satellite and ground platforms. ... Germany moves forward with Taurus NEO upgrade programme, targets production start in 2029.
Orbiting Intelligence: The World's Top Remote Sensing Satellite Leaders - SNS Insider
Maxar Technologies is renowned for producing some of the world's highest-resolution commercial satellite imagery. Its satellites support mapping, ...
The space-based heat maps changing how engineers fix cities
Meanwhile, new commercial satellites are coming online: UK-based SatVu's HotSat constellation will launch in 2025 to deliver WorldView‑style thermal ...
Planet Reports Financial Results for Third Quarter of Fiscal Year 2026 – Company Announcement
... PlanetScope data in support of the agency's Earth science mission. In ... SuperDove constellation over time. Bedrock Research : In November ...
SAR
Keysight Technologies, KT-SAT Demonstrate NR-NTN Multi-Orbit Handover Using ... - Via Satellite
Imagery and Sensing Umbra and Italy's E-GEOS to Co-Develop Geospatial Intelligence Solutions ... Keysight Technologies, KT-SAT Demonstrate NR-NTN Multi- ...
Leidos delivers successful demonstration of integrated counter-drone capability for ... - EOS-Aus.com
EOS' Slinger remote weapon systems were put through their paces during Exercise Southern Arrow 25 ... Satellite Laser Ranging · Space Sustainability.
Sivers Semiconductors Drives Next-Generation SATCOM Innovation in European Space Program
... satellite communications. The ESA program positions Sivers ... ICEYE Strengthens Sovereign SAR Satellite Capability with New €150M Funding ...
British navy says it tracked Russian sub for three days in Channel - Space War News
SkyFi and ICEYE US roll out direct tasking platform for SAR satellite imagery · Anguished Sri Lankans queue for care after deadly cyclone. All rights ...
Kuva Space Links Up with WWF-Indonesia on Carbon Monitoring - Via Satellite
Imagery and Sensing Umbra and Italy's E-GEOS to Co-Develop Geospatial Intelligence Solutions ... The initiative will use satellite data and AI to help ...
Starcloud Achieves Historic Milestone with First Space-Based Large Language Model Training
For example, the satellite can analyze imagery from Capella Space's satellites, identifying offshore vessel capsizing incidents or forest fires ...
Rogers Satellite Launches in Canada
Rogers Satellite has now officially launched in Canada ... Imagery and Sensing Umbra and Italy's E-GEOS to Co-Develop Geospatial Intelligence Solutions.
Lee County renews partnership with ICEYE after satellite data guides response to major hurricanes
HELSINKI, Dec. 11, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- ICEYE, a global leader in satellite-powered disaster management solutions, announced today that it has renewed ...
California Schools Are Feeling the Heat - Eos.org
Want to find schools in satellite images? Researchers say you can spot them by looking at tree cover because schools stand out as rectangular ...
Wintertime Spike in Oceanic Iron Levels Detected near Hawaii - Eos.org
Phytoplankton—captured as light blue-green swirls in this satellite image—rely on dissolved iron to survive. A new study helps to clarify ...
Lee County renews partnership with ICEYE after satellite data guides response to major hurricanes
PRNewswire/ -- ICEYE, a global leader in satellite-powered disaster management solutions, announced today that it has renewed its agreement with ...
'8 Man-Made Tube-Like Megastructures' Found Under Giza Pyramids: Will This Discovery ...
Biondi explained that four satellite companies, Umbra, Capella Space, ICEYE and Italy's Cosmo-SkyMed, recorded matching images using his radar method.
E& selects Amdocs to power its Generative AI experiences - BroadcastPro ME
... Canon launches EOS R6 Mark III and ... Satellite/Comms. E& selects Amdocs to power its Generative AI ...
TSMC November revenue up 24.5% YoY - Electronics Weekly
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Is Electro Optic Systems (ASX:EOS) Quietly Reframing Its Defense Moat Through Counter ...
Electro Optic Systems Holdings. Engages in the development, manufacture, and sale of telescopes and dome enclosures, laser satellite tracking systems, ...
ICEYE and Risk Management Partners team up on flood data - CIR Magazine
Satellite data provider ICEYE has agreed a deal with Munich Re's Risk Management Partners to expand access to its natural catastrophe solutions.
Iridium to Provide Satellite IoT to HD Hyundai Construction Equipment in Asia
Iridium Communications will integrate global satellite IoT ... Finance Iceye's Latest Raise Values Company at $2.8 Billion · Government ...
Italian Carrier ITA Airways to Adopt Viasat's Iris Air Traffic Solution - Via Satellite
Finance Iceye's Latest Raise Values Company at $2.8 Billion · Government ... Artist rendition of Iris satellite-based communication system.
SkyFi and ICEYE US roll out direct tasking platform for SAR satellite imagery - Space Daily
... ICEYE US customers direct, on-demand access to ICEYE's Synthetic Aperture Radar satellite constellation. The service is presented as a white ...
NVIDIA-backed startup runs AI model from orbit, observing earthlings - NewsBytes
... Capella Space to spot things like shipwreck lifeboats and forest fires from space. With a new, even more powerful satellite planned for 2026—and ...