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
The trees we don't count: How India's vanishing farmland canopy weakens climate resilience
The study relied on high-resolution satellite imagery and machine-learning tools to identify each tree on farms and track its survival over time.
Sudan rebels kill 33 children in drone strike on nursery - The Telegraph
... satellite imagery recording the RSF takeover and its aftermath. ... Satellite image showing a cluster of bodies near buildings. 2. Cluster of ...
India's Fastest-Growing Satellite Cities Driving 8–19% Property Price Appreciation in 2025
Emerging Satellite Cities and their Growth Potential. 1. Gurugram – Haryana. Gurugram, Haryana - Image Image: Gurugram, Haryana. It is a major ...
Suspected illegal activity spotted by satellite in the West Philippine Sea - WECB
Satellite intelligence now offers one of the few tools capable of monitoring these opaque operations in real time. Analysts say such data could ...
New satellite images released by U.S. company Vantor reveal multiple Chinese warships ...
The images also demonstrate how commercial satellite technology now plays a growing role in publicly exposing strategic military movements once ...
AI and Nuclear Energy form 'structural alliance', says IAEA Chief in Vienna
Artificial intelligence and nuclear power are becoming ... Safeguards: automated analysis of surveillance footage and satellite imagery.
CLO ditches appraisal actions on 2 leases north of Okarche | Kingfisher Times & Free Press
PICTURED ABOVE is a satellite view of the land in question at a Wednesday meeting of. State Commissioners of the Land Office “disapproved” their ...
New satellite images released by U.S. company Vantor reveal multiple Chinese warships ...
... commercial satellite technology now plays a growing role in publicly exposing strategic military movements once visible only to state intelligence ...
Scorned woman wanted in connection with death schoolgirls, 13 & 14, who 'died after eating ...
Most read in World News. An image collage containing 2 images, Image 1 shows A satellite image shows Chinese Naval. RED FLEET. Staggeringly clear ...
Image of the Week! Our AFR satellite usually keeps its eye on Earth's landscapes, but this ...
Image of the Week! Our AFR satellite usually keeps its eye on Earth's ... #Azista #AFR #Supermoon2025 #SatelliteImagery #Moon #Calibration #AFRSatellite ...
I really wish Google Maps would update their satellite imagery more often - Reddit
Are you looking for the 3D imagery or the plain satellite? (I'm curious whether the 2D imagery is more up to date in those areas?)
Why AST SpaceMobile stock dropped 30% last month - MSN
AST SpaceMobile is trying to build a satellite internet constellation that beams internet directly to smartphones. ... 2 artificial intelligence ...
Musk denies $800 billion SpaceX valuation reports - Reuters
Artificial Intelligence · Cybersecurity ... SpaceX logo and miniature satellite model are seen in this illustration created on March 10, 2025.
ACTIVE STORM TRACK OVER PANHANDLE Visible satellite imagery this afternoon shows ...
ACTIVE STORM TRACK OVER PANHANDLE Visible satellite imagery this afternoon shows a very active, fast-moving storm track over the Panhandle ...
Satellite imagery is capturing these eddies over the San Francisco Bay as the stratus ... - Facebook
A gradual warming trend is starting to take hold, helped t... · 🛰️Cloudy in the Central Valley? You betcha. Here's a loop fro... · Satellite imagery ...
AI firm GeoX partners with Japan's largest insurer to map property risks amid rising
... intelligence models capable of extracting detailed structural information from aerial, satellite and street-level imagery. 2 View gallery.
The Juice probe transmits a new image from the 3I/ATLAS satellite - Click Oil and Gas
The Juice probe transmits a new image from the 3I/ATLAS satellite. ... Juice captures a partial image of comet 3I/ATLAS with its halo and possible ...
France investigates reports of drones over nuclear sub base - MSN
Satellite imagery shows Chinese naval task force in Philippine Sea playIndicator. Reuters. Satellite imagery shows Chinese naval task force in ...
SpaceX Targets $800 Billion Valuation in Secondary Sale, Eyes 2026 IPO - SatNews
Access daily or weekly satellite news updates covering all aspects of the commercial and military satellite industry. Invalid email address. Notify ...
Satellite imagery is capturing these eddies over the San Francisco Bay as the stratus deck ...
NWS Bay Area (@NWSBayArea). 12 likes. 🛰️Satellite imagery is capturing these eddies over the San Francisco Bay as the stratus deck begins to ...
Satellite Launches
imper.ai Launches With $28M to Stop Deepfake Attacks - Varindia
How does Imper differentiate itself from other companies in the cybersecurity space that also focus on addressing deepfake threats? by VARINDIA 2025- ...
Poland has placed its first military satellites in space. A SpaceX Falcon 9 mission included:
... satellites, built domestically by Creotech Instruments for €130M in the PIAST (Polish ImAging SaTellites) program. These launches mark Poland's ...
Starlink Satellites Threaten Hubble with Growing Image Contamination - WebProNews
Hubble, launched in 1990, operates at an altitude of about 540 kilometers, where it has delivered iconic images and invaluable data on the universe's ...
Jamming With Music, Ukraine Is Throwing Russia's Hypersonic Missiles Miles Off Target
Streaking at Mach 5.7 as high as 15.5 miles in the air, Russia's 4.7-ton Kinzhal missile—launched ... Satellite imagery from the aftermath of the ...
Here's Why 2026 Could Be a Huge Year for Rocket Lab
Rocket Lab is a leading player in the small-satellite launch market, having completed 77 launches to date. ... Image source: Getty Images. Next ...
Scientists Spot Never-Seen Arctic Species Using Satellite Imagery | WION Podcast
Scientists have made a rare breakthrough in the Arctic using high-resolution satellite imagery ... Russia-Ukraine War: Russia Launches Major Drone & ...
5 Historic US Missions To Space That Weren't NASA - BGR
... U.S. missions to space that weren't led by NASA include Blue Origin voyages, the launch of GPS technology and deployment of imaging satellites.
AI in Latin America's Agriculture - The Borgen Project
Launched in 2014, Agrosmart now supports more than 100,000 farmers ... The platform integrates on-farm sensors, satellite imagery and machine ...
Why AST SpaceMobile Stock Dropped 30% Last Month - The Globe and Mail
By the end of 2026, AST SpaceMobile expects to have 45-60 satellites launched, with internet connectivity ready to go for its telecommunications ...
Pelicans eye the sky as rocket takes wing in Photo of the Week - Florida Today
Launch of a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket carrying a load of Starlink satellites on mission 6. It could've been just another shot of a rocket rising ...
China launches 14th group of low-orbit internet satellites into space - CGTN
China on Saturday launched a group of internet satellites from the Hainan commercial space launch site in the southern island province of Hainan.
Dual-Use Shijian Satellite Program Ramps up in 2025 - The Jamestown Foundation
A total of 50 Shijian-series satellites have been launched since the ... (Source: Getty Images) · Beijing's New Approach to Taiwan. 10.31.2025 ...
How will satellite Mega constellations change astronomy forever? - Moneycontrol
Astronomy relies on uninterrupted, dark skies to detect faint cosmic signals. Satellite interference forces discarding images or repeating expensive ...
SpaceX Is Now Threatening the Hubble, NASA Warns - Futurism
Launched by Elon Musk's SpaceX, each satellite has the potential to disrupt astronomy through both radio emissions and light pollution — and as the ...
Watch Rocket Lab launch Japanese technology-demonstrating satellite to orbit tonight
A Rocket Lab electron rocket launches into the night sky over Mahia Peninsula, New Zealand Rocket Lab launches private Japanese Earth-imaging ...
China's Kuaizhou-1A rocket launches two new satellites into space - Guangdong News
China on Friday launched two new satellites from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in northwest China.
Why AST SpaceMobile Stock Dropped 30% Last Month | The Motley Fool
It is doing so with gigantic satellite arrays. A new version set to launch this month is 2,400 square feet, for reference. By the end of 2026, AST ...
Baidu's AI chip unit Kunlunxin eyes Hong Kong IPO - report - MSN
How Much Money Should You Have Before Hiring a Financial Advisor? Sponsored. Satellite imagery shows Chinese naval task force in Philippine Sea ...
NASA spacecraft tracks comet SWAN in incredible 40-day timelapse — and even glimpses ...
The interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS, imaged from Mars orbit by China' China's Tianwen 1 Mars probe captures images ... launch earlier than ...
China launches group of internet satellites into space - Anadolu Ajansı
Long March-8 series rocket uses more environmentally friendly coal-based rocket kerosene for 1st time during 5th flight - Anadolu Ajansı.
EO-MSI
How Low Can Satellogic Stock Really Go? - Trefis
Satellogic advances its AI-first Earth observation and NextGen satellite strategy, fueled by new contracts and capital raises.
5 Historic US Missions To Space That Weren't NASA - BGR
Dove Constellation - Planet Labs (2013 - present). Two Dove satellites ... Dove satellites are orbiting at altitudes between 280 and 360 miles ...
iran to Face its Own Shaheds U.S. Squadron Deploys LUCAS With Ukrainian-Style Upgrades
They are also equipped with a camera and satellite communication antenna, thanks to which they can be controlled in real time and accurately hit ...
First Documented Eruption of Ethiopia's Hayli Gubbi Volcano | NASA Earthdata
NASA Satellite Data Show Decrease in Colorado River Basin Aquifers. Feature Article. 20 hours ago. Search. Home · News · Worldview Image of The Week ...
Satellite Operators to Capture Just 4% of $20 Billion BEAD Broadband Funds - SatNews
Rocket Lab launches BlackSky Gen-3 beating the annual launch record with 2 launches in 2 days from 2 hemispheres · Project Kuiper is now known as ...
BlackSky Awarded Govt Contract to Develop AI Platform for Global Construction Monitoring
The combined effort will leverage the resources of NASA's and U.S. Geological Survey Landsat's constellation and Sentinel, the European space agency's ...
Chinas Secret Fortresses At 14100 Feet Exposed; Satellite Images Show What Beijing ... - Zee News
The Wall Street Journal's explosive investigation analyzed over 100 satellite photographs from BlackSky intelligence, revealing the scope of China's ...
Planet Labs (PL) Deepens AI Bet With Pelican Launches – But How Defensible Is Its Data Moat?
By adding 40 cm-class, NVIDIA Jetson-equipped Pelican satellites to its Gen 1 fleet and expanding its SuperDove monitoring constellation, Planet ...
Volcanic tremors felt near Manila as Taal shows restiveness, signals 'possible eruption'
This satellite image released by NASA Worldview shows the Hayli Gubbi volcano in Ethiopia erupting on. Eruption of long-dormant Ethiopian volcano ...
SAR
SpaceX pursues $800bn valuation ahead of potential 2026 IPO - SatellitePro ME
ICEYE launches five new satellites aboard Transporter-15. Sponsored ... SatellitePro ME addresses all aspects of the satellite industry ...
WHAT'S UP IN THE SKY: Whistle along with Andy and Opie - Ellensburg Daily Record
Monday: The bright star Capella is nearly straight overhead at midnight. ... Corvus (constellation) · Hercules (constellation) · Crater ...
Watch Rocket Lab launch Japanese technology-demonstrating satellite to orbit tonight
Rocket Lab launched a satellite for a "confidential commercial customer" on Thursday morning (Nov. 20), just a few hours after giving notice of ...
Finnish-Polish satellite manufacturer Iceye reaches PLN 10 bln valuation
The fresh capital will support expansion of its satellite constellation and data analytics. In May, Iceye won a major Polish defense contract worth ...
IK acquires Rhetores Groupe; General Catalyst leads ICEYE round - S&P Global
A roundup of private equity deals reported Dec. 5.
Netflix Gets Long-Awaited Season Finale Twist with Warner Bros. Acquisition - Bloomberg
Capitalizing on the military spending boom across Europe, Finnish satellite developer Iceye was valued at a €2.4 billion in a round led by General ...
Iceye, a Finnish satellite developer with a number of defense contracts, has raised money at ...
Bloomberg (@business). 19 likes. Iceye, a Finnish satellite developer with a number of defense contracts, has raised money at a €2.4 billion ($2.8 ...
ICEYE spacetech secures EUR 150 mln in new funding for new sovereign satellite systems
"ICEYE enables that, with the world's largest SAR constellation, software-defined satellites, and fully sovereign missions that put independent ...
Alquist Launches Concrete Printer Brand & Expands Construction 3D Printing Partnership ...
Recent News. This Year's Forbes 30 Under 30 Innovators Pushing 3D Printing Into the List · Colorado School of Mines' First Satellite Campus is Part of ...
Space Capital family company ICEYE has expanded its world-leading SAR satellite ... - Facebook
These satellites will support ICEYE's commercial constellation as well as major government programs, including missions for Greece, Poland, and BAE ...
ICEYE and General Catalyst partner to redefine space-based intelligence in Europe
HELSINKI, Finland, Dec. 5, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- ICEYE, the world leader in synthetic aperture radar (SAR) satellite systems has secured new ...