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
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Commercial Imagery
Verified video shows Ukrainian sea drone attack on ship in Black Sea - BBC News
You can also get in touch with BBC Verify if you've got a question about how we verify video posted online or work with satellite imagery. You can ...
U.S. Forces Seize 'Dark Fleet' Tanker Skipper in Caribbean Raid Following AIS Spoofing Detection
While the vessel's transponder broadcasted coordinates placing it near Guyana and Suriname, satellite imagery analysis by maritime intelligence ...
US lawmakers condemn seizure of Venezuelan oil tanker: 'Trump is sleepwalking us into a war'
... satellite image of an oil tanker. A satellite image shows the oil tanker Skipper on 18 November 2025. Photograph: Planet Labs PBC. View image in ...
An Unrelenting Tule Fog - NASA Science
An atmospheric phenomenon occurring over much of California was unmistakable in satellite imagery in late autumn 2025. Fog stretching some 400 ...
Giant 3D map shows almost every building in the world - Nature
The map, called GlobalBuildingAtlas, combines satellite imagery and machine learning to generate 3D models for 97% of buildings on Earth. The data ...
AI Innovation Challenge Inspires Students' Entrepreneurial Spirit - The College Today
Just look at the artificial intelligence applications that won cash ... satellite imagery. By taking data from NASA and USGS and enhancing it ...
Hurricane season 2025: NOS innovations in preparedness and response
Satellite image of a large hurricane with a clear eyewall. Satellite image of Hurricane Melissa. Image credit: NOAA. The 2025 hurricane season has ...
EcoMapper: Generative Modeling for Climate-Aware Satellite Imagery
Abstract. Satellite imagery is essential for Earth observation, enabling applications like crop yield prediction, environmental monitoring, and ...
What Does “One China” Mean? | SPF China Observer | THE SASAKAWA PEACE FOUNDATION
What's SPF China Observer? Contents · Videos · Authors · Satellite Image Analysis · SPF HOME. Copyright© 2018 The Sasakawa Peace Foundation All Rights ...
Satellite image shows VLCC ship Skipper, believed to have been seized off the coast of Venzeuela
A satellite image shows the very large crude carrier (VLCC) Skipper, which British maritime risk management group Vanguard said was believed to ...
Satellite Photos Show China Rebuilding World War II Airfield in Pacific - Newsweek
Satellite imagery reviewed by Newsweek this week showed Chinese-led work to revive a World War II-era runway was nearing completion in the remote ...
Birmingham and Alan Turing Institute AI-powered satellite radar system backed by UK Space Agency
... Satellite Morphological Inference from space multi-dimensional ISAR ... imagery of Space Objects, funded by DASA, EPSRC, UKSA, with a total ...
In Eaton fire, L.A. County lacked mapping tool used by other agencies - Los Angeles Times
The L.A. County Fire Department lacked access to FireGuard, a satellite mapping tool other California agencies have used for years to track wildfires.
US seizes oil tanker off Venezuelan coast | CNN Politics
A satellite image by Planet Labs shows the Skipper's actual location on the same day. Analysts say oil tankers sometimes “spoof” their AIS location in ...
Remote Sensing of Mass Atrocities From Space - How Satellite Capabilities May Qualify ...
... satellite intelligence. Imagery is collected in droves by capable States and commercial satellite operators under their jurisdiction, but the ...
Weird artifact on Google maps satellite image : r/interestingasfuck - Reddit
Most likely another satellite or plane passing under the satellite that was capturing the image. These satellites take multiple pictures in quick ...
SkyFi and ICEYE US roll out direct tasking platform for SAR satellite imagery - Space Daily
Through ICEYE US Direct, users can log in, select areas of interest, configure imaging parameters, and directly task an ICEYE satellite to collect new ...
From surveys to satellites: a new era for irrigation water estimates
This innovation uses satellite imagery and climate data to estimate irrigation water use by agriculture across Australia - delivering nationally ...
New gamified tool helps defend satellite supply chains from cyber threats
... satellite cyber supply chains. The new approach ... The paper, “Leveraging gamification for cyber threat intelligence for resilience in satellite ...
New Gamified Tool Helps Defend Satellite Supply Chains From Cyber Threats | Newswise
... satellite cyber supply chains. The game helps defenders ... 'Leveraging gamification for cyber threat intelligence for resilience in satellite ...
Satellite Launches
Rogers goes live with satellite-to-mobile service in Canada - DCD - Data Center Dynamics
As carrier launches Rogers Satellite. ... – Getty Images. Rogers' launch of its satellite service follows a beta trial in ...
Trinity AgTech buys Agrimetrics' satellite analytics tech | News - Fruitnet
The acquisition includes advanced satellite imagery analysis tools ... Brakes launches new round of scheme to back small suppliers · Fresh ...
UKRSPECSYSTEMS UK Enters Final Phase of Ukrainian Drone Production Launch in the UK
... Satellite Images Reveal Unknown Delivery of Israeli ...
qLABS and Quantum Inc. Launch Quantum-Sig Wallet for Post-Quantum Security
Launch Quantum-Sig Wallet for Post-Quantum Security. Daily ... Satellite Imagery. May 24, 2021. Keep track of everything going on in the ...
Kuva Space, WWF-Indonesia Team Up to Test Hyperspectral Blue Carbon Mapping
Finland's Kuva Space and World Wildlife Fund(WWF)-Indonesia have launched a first-of-its-kind effort to test whether hyperspectral satellite data ...
UAE launches first Arab satellite with hyperspectral imaging technology - Khaleej Times
The UAE has successfully launched a satellite in a "strategic milestone", the nation's space agency said on Wednesday. The satellite, called Arab ...
EU satellite images identified 'dark vessel' in Irish Sea that could be linked to rogue drones
... launched from a ship in the Irish Sea rather than from land. This matches the tactics employed in recent drone incursions in Denmark. Satellite ...
ESA & TEKEVER Launch Project for Arctic Maritime Surveillance Satellite | UST
The project will leverage TEKEVER's expertise in compact X-band radar systems, which are capable of capturing detailed images day or night and in any ...
From university campus labs to space orbit | eKathimerini.com
Photorealistic imagery of a satellite flying over the United States.The Greek satellites ... Greece joins space nations with launch of five ...
Iran says three satellites to launch from Russia on December 28
Salarieh said Iran had advanced to developing satellites with imaging ... satellite launches can support long-range missile development.
Iran to launch three satellites from Russia on December 28 | The Times of Israel
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — Three Iranian satellites will be carried to space aboard Russia's Soyuz launcher from the Vostochny Cosmodrome on ...
Nordic Semiconductor launches nRF9151 software and development kit combining satellite ...
Nordic Semiconductor launches nRF9151 software and development kit combining satellite and cellular IoT connectivity ... Images. PR Newswire associated0.
SkyFi and ICEYE US roll out direct tasking platform for SAR satellite imagery - Space Daily
With the launch of ICEYE US Direct on SkyFi, we're making this data more readily available to users who depend on it. The collaboration combines ...
Launch Date Set for Three Iranian Satellites - WANA News
These satellites are part of Iran's remote-sensing program, designed for imaging and data transmission. Satellite imagery is used across multiple ...
3 foreign satellites among 9 launched by Kinetica 1 - Ecns.cn
... Satellite Launch Center in northwest China on Dec. ... In October, the ninth Kinetica 1 mission placed HS-1, Pakistan's first hyperspectral imaging ...
KASA says the Nuri rocket's satellite operates without issue
The satellite launched by Korea's Nuri rocket is continuing its early-stage operations in orbit and preparing for full scientific observation missions ...
Foreign satellites ride Kinetica 1 on new CAS Space mission
Tokyo, Japan (SPX) Dec 11, 2025 - CAS Space has carried out the 11th launch of its Kinetica 1 solid-fuel carrier rocket, orbiting nine satellites ...
Charlie Puth Joins Complaints About SpaceX Rocket Launch Noise - Forbes
... Images). Getty Images. Key Facts. Puth tagged Musk in the post, stating ... SpaceX's website says Starlink satellites were launched at 3:40 a.m. ...
Three Science Payloads Aboard New Korean Satellite Begin Operations
ROKITS (ROKITS), from the Korea Astronomy and Space Science Institute (KASI), is a wide-field camera designed to capture high-resolution images of ...
NearSpace Launch Awarded Pentagon Contract for SPEAR-1 Mission - FOX40 News
NearSpace Launch continues to deliver innovative small satellite ... We do not accept any responsibility or liability for the accuracy, content, images ...
EO-MSI
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
Planet Labs (PL) Q3 2026 Earnings Call Transcript | The Motley Fool
We also launched 36 super doves, which would join our broad area monitoring fleet. We have successfully contacted all 38 satellites, and they're now ...
Is the Pacific Northwest ready for a wave of climate migration? - KUOW
Jason Dove Mark threw a bucket of scraps to the chickens and checked for eggs – slim chance in November – before he and his big, friendly mutt, ...
Canada advances Arctic defence with new military satellite communications project
... satellite communications under the Enhanced Satellite Communication Project – Polar (ESCP-P) ... NEO Battery ...
Planet Reports Financial Results for Third Quarter of Fiscal Year 2026 - Morningstar
The satellite design includes NVIDIA graphics processing units to enable AI at the edge and is expected to upgrade the SuperDove constellation over ...
Satellogic Approves Key Proposals at Annual Meeting - TipRanks.com
Satellogic Inc. operates in the satellite industry, focusing on providing high-resolution Earth imagery and analytics services. Average Trading Volume ...
Planet Reports Financial Results for Third Quarter of Fiscal Year 2026 - Business Wire
... PlanetScope data in support of the agency's Earth science mission. In ... SuperDove constellation over time. Bedrock Research: In November ...
SAR
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.
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 ...
Nvidia-backed startup runs powerful AI model in space, says it is here to observe Earthlings
It's processing satellite imagery from observation firm Capella Space to detect lifeboats from shipwrecks and track forest fires in real time. The ...
Portuguese Air Force turns to Iceye for SAR satellite | Electronics Weekly
The Portuguese Air Force turns to Iceye to procure its first satellite, building its ISR defense capabilities from space.
Goodwin Advises General Catalyst as Lead Investors in ICEYE's €150 Million Series E Fundraising
Goodwin advised General Catalyst on leading ICEYE's €150M Series E, valuing the SAR satellite leader at €2.4B to accelerate sovereign systems and ...
Family Office Co-Funds Satellite Innovator | SWFI
ICEYE is known for its leadership in synthetic aperture radar (SAR) satellite systems. It has secured new financing, led by General Catalyst, ...
e-GEOS and Umbra Expand Partnership to Jointly Develop SAR Intelligence Solutions
The agreement moves beyond simple data distribution, positioning the companies to integrate their respective satellite constellations into a unified ...
Kongsberg and Helsing Invest in Intelligence Constellation for Europe - Via Satellite
Latest News. Imagery and Sensing Umbra and Italy's E-GEOS to Co-Develop Geospatial Intelligence Solutions · Connectivity UK Regulator Ofcom Approves ...
Space42 plans $600M in capex for its Equatys D2D joint venture with Viasat, outlines ...
... constellation that other operators will seek to join. At its Nov. 25 ... EquatysIceyeSpace42ViaSat Inc. 0 comment. 0. FacebookTwitterPinterest ...
Umbra and Italy's E-GEOS to Co-Develop Geospatial Intelligence Solutions - Via Satellite
... Umbra's constellation. Both entities operate synthetic aperture radar (SAR) constellations. e-GEOS is the exclusive licensee of data for ...