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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Nick Krasznavolgyi (@NickKrasz_Wx). 49 likes 3 replies 993 views. High-resolution satellite imagery of the London, Kentucky tornado as it entered ...

Jan 26,2026
SES Acknowledges Fitch's Rating Action and Reiterates Deleveraging Plan

Satellite Orbital Data · standard_one. O3b mPOWER. O3b mPOWER Read more. O3b ... SES-Case-Study-WRC-banner-image. Case study | 14 Oct 2024. WRC. WRC ...

Jan 26,2026
Real-time RF intelligence with satellite monitoring systems | Engineer Live

Teledyne SP Devices enable scalable satellite signal monitoring across multiple frequency bands.

Jan 26,2026
Social media users turn to AI in attempt to 'enhance' Minneapolis shooting images - BBC

Satellite imagery shows that it, too, is pointing in a different direction to where it's actually travelling. Michelle Bockmann, senior analyst at ...

Jan 26,2026
Shandong's use of newest PLA dry dock near South China Sea suggests carrier milestone

According to a report by American geospatial intelligence company AllSource Analysis, satellite imagery on January 21 showed the first use of a new ...

Jan 26,2026
Maritime Defense Weekly: Maritime Enforcement Accelerates - Windward

Remote Sensing Intelligence: From Satellite Imagery to Real-Time Maritime Awareness Nov 17, 2025 · Electro-Optical (EO) Imagery: Bringing Maritime ...

Jan 26,2026
Man Is Shot and Killed During Minneapolis Immigration Crackdown, National Guard Activated

Buildings, road layout, trees and utility poles which matched file and satellite imagery of the place. The Department of Homeland Security said ...

Jan 26,2026
NOAA Launches Wildfire Data Portal, Expanding Public Access to Satellite Fire Information

The NESDIS Wildland Fire Data Portal also provides access to GOES satellite imagery that is uniquely optimized for fire applications, including ...

Jan 26,2026
SEALSQ and WISeKey Highlight Quantum Security Risks at Davos

... satellite infrastructure. PRESS RELEASE — SEALSQ Corp (NASDAQ ... Satellite Imagery. May 24, 2021. Keep track of everything going on in the ...

Jan 26,2026
The Arctic Has Entered a New Era of 'Extreme Weather', Scientists Warn - Science Alert

Satellite image of Arctic islands, showing clouds, sea ice, and wildfire smoke. The Canadian high Arctic Archipelago was identified as another ...

Jan 26,2026
Governments' New Must-Have: Their Own Satellites - WSJ

About a year ago, the Pentagon's National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency temporarily stopped sharing satellite imagery with Ukraine at a moment of ...

Jan 26,2026
the World's First Fully Open, Accelerated Set of Models and Tools for AI Weather - NVIDIA Blog

The NVIDIA Earth-2 Nowcasting model uses generative AI trained on satellite ... It harnesses AI to directly predict satellite and radar imagery. Read ...

Jan 26,2026
ESA's Biomass goes live with data now open to all

The European Space Agency's innovative Biomass satellite is now fully commissioned, opening free access to a powerful new stream of data that ...

Jan 26,2026
Watch SpaceX launch advanced GPS satellite for US Space Force tonight

... satellite for the U.S. Space Force from Florida on May 30, 2025. (Image ... (Image credit: NASA). The Space Force has named GPS III-SV09 after ...

Jan 26,2026
Ambitious 170 km long Saudimegacity 'The Line' has scope slashed and may be ... - Tom's Hardware

... satellite imagery suggests — despite claims, site only has 350 megawatts of cooling capacity · Data Center. Silicon Valley data centers totalling ...

Jan 26,2026
Envoys from US meet Netanyahu as Israel continues to bomb Gaza - Al Jazeera

... satellite images, finding Israel razed homes in the weeks since the ceasefire began. Published On 26 Jan 202626 Jan 2026. Satellite image of Beit ...

Jan 26,2026
Landsat Science at AGU25

... commercial satellite imagery. Opstal outlined Landsat's planned future enhancements to address 21st-century challenges while maintaining ...

Jan 26,2026
Data-driven insights into coastal bathymetry for climate and coastal research - Deltares

... satellite imagery to estimate seabed depth. This method is particularly useful in shallower coastal zones where waves begin to 'feel' the seabed ...

Jan 26,2026
SkyFi raises $12.7M to advance access to satellite imagery - Evertiq

The US company also plans to forge new partnerships with satellite operators to expand its data offerings and AI-enabled capabilities. SkyFi, an ...

Jan 26,2026
H3 failure linked to payload fairing separation anomaly - SpaceNews

An H3 launch failure in December may have been caused by an unusual event that led to the satellite separating from the rocket prematurely.

Jan 26,2026
Satellite Launches
Rheinmetall and OHB in talks over Starlink-style service for German army - Financial Times

... Images. Rheinmetall and OHB ... Starlink has since launched an LEO satellite service for defence and intelligence customers known as Starshield.

Jan 26,2026
NVIDIA Launches Earth-2 Family of Open Models for Weather and Climate AI - HPCwire

It harnesses AI to directly predict satellite and radar imagery. Read the research paper. Earth-2 Global Data Assimilation, powered by a new model ...

Jan 26,2026
NASA to fly piece of Wright Brothers' plane on Artemis 2 moon mission - Space

... Artemis 2 moon rocket gets 'America 250' paint job | Space photo of the day for Dec. 23, 2025 · Images ... Artemis 2's Orion will launch atop a Space ...

Jan 26,2026
Efficient Probabilistic Framework Accelerates Satellite Trace Gas Retrieval and Uncertainty ...

... images,” on-board systems must be able to assess their own data quality. By integrating this uncertainty-aware framework, future satellites can ...

Jan 26,2026
the World's First Fully Open Set of Models and Tools for AI Weather - NVIDIA Blog

NVIDIA Launches Earth-2 Family of Open Models — the World's First ... It harnesses AI to directly predict satellite and radar imagery. Read ...

Jan 26,2026
NOAA Launches Wildfire Data Portal, Expanding Public Access to Satellite Fire Information

The imagery and detections are available in the experimental NESDIS Wildland Fire Data Portal. The hot spot detection information is from the Next ...

Jan 26,2026
Social media users turn to AI in attempt to 'enhance' Minneapolis shooting images - BBC

Satellite imagery shows that it, too, is pointing in a different ... launched during Joe Biden's presidency. There is no regularly published ...

Jan 26,2026
ESA's Biomass goes live with data now open to all

Following the satellite's launch and placement in orbit around Earth ... Biomass satellite returns striking first images of forests … 23/06 ...

Jan 26,2026
SpaceX plans rocket launch in California. See Vandenberg schedule - Ventura County Star

Both missions are set to deploy commercial Starlink internet satellites into low-Earth orbit. The first launch is scheduled for Thursday, Jan. 29, and ...

Jan 26,2026
Atlas Cup launches world's first professional orbital sport, inaugural championship races to ...

Images. PR Newswire associated0. Tags. Atlas-Cup-Inc. More Like This ... Satellite Launch. Business Wire. 23:00 - 25 Aug 2024. Loft Integration ...

Jan 26,2026
AST SpaceMobile pledges 2026 service launch - Telecoms

AST SpaceMobile will put its second next-generation satellite into orbit in a month, indicating it will launch direct-to-device services later ...

Jan 26,2026
Watch SpaceX launch advanced GPS satellite for US Space Force tonight

SpaceX will launch an advanced, jam-resistant GPS satellite for the U.S. Space Force from Florida tonight (Jan. 26), and you can watch the action ...

Jan 26,2026
Budget 2026 expectations: Private space firms seek procurement push, critical infrastructure ...

... satellites, launch vehicles and downstream data services. “Being a big anchor customer, I think government support has to be around,” Awais Ahmed ...

Jan 26,2026
ALT Systems Launches PixSpan Data - UK Broadcast News | 26/01/2026 - 4RFV

It is designed to address increasing data movement demands across 4K and 8K production, visual effects, satellite imaging and medical imaging ...

Jan 26,2026
Budget 2026: Space industry seeks assured government demand, infra status

GalaxEye aims to launch Mission Drishti - a multi-sensor satellite that would enable all-weather Earth-imaging by integrating data acquired from ...

Jan 26,2026
Governments' New Must-Have: Their Own Satellites - WSJ

... satellite-imagery sharing with Ukraine highlighted the need for control over satellite assets. ... The company needs to launch dozens of satellites ...

Jan 26,2026
Satellite images show damage at Russian KAB supplier / The New Voice of Ukraine

The plant also manufactures batteries for Iskander-M ballistic missile systems, sea-launched cruise missiles, and universal accumulator units used ...

Jan 26,2026
Satellite Images Show Ukrainian Missile Strike on Energia Plant in Yelets - Militarnyi

Satellite images have been released showing the damage caused by a ... Launch of Second Phase of Gaza Peace Plan · Urich. January 15 ...

Jan 26,2026
Repurposed ICBM Launched Secret US Spy Satellites From California - video Dailymotion

A Northrop Grumman Minotaur IV rocket launched the NROL-174 mission from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California. It was the first launch of a ...

Jan 26,2026
Thailand, Laos, Myanmar Agree on Satellite Plan to Fight PM2.5 Pollution - Laotian Times

Under the agreement, the three countries will share satellite images and real-time data to track wildfire hotspots, including in border areas where ...

Jan 26,2026
EO-MSI
Satellogic Shares Fall After Pricing $35 Million Direct Stock Offering - MarketWatch

The Earth observation satellite company before the bell said it entered an agreement with a single institutional investment manager to sell about 7.4 ...

Jan 26,2026
Oman Secures Dedicated Orbital Asset in Nine-Figure Deal with Astranis - SatNews

... satellite, as well as Satellogic's January 8 seven-figure commitment for high-frequency sovereign monitoring. For Astranis, the Oman deal ...

Jan 26,2026
Satellogic (SATL) Announces $35 Million Direct Offering of Common Stock - GuruFocus

Satellogic Inc is a vertically integrated Earth observation company that designs, manufactures, and operates satellite systems, delivering decision- ...

Jan 26,2026
SATL - Satellogic Inc Latest Stock News & Market Updates

Read the latest Satellogic Inc. (SATL) news, including EO contracts, sovereign satellite deals, technology launches, financial updates and Russell ...

Jan 26,2026
Satellogic (SATL) Secures $35 Million Through Direct Stock Offer - GuruFocus

Key Takeaways: Satellogic (SATL) has secured a $35 million direct offering to bolster its growth initiatives and satellite infrastructure.

Jan 26,2026
Planet Signs Enterprise Agreement with Slovenian Government to Support Agriculture ...

Under the agreement, the civil public administration will gain access to Planet's high-cadence PlanetScope imagery, and GURS will also have access ...

Jan 26,2026
Planet signs satellite data agreement with Slovenia government - StreetInsider

Under the partnership, Slovenian state and municipal authorities will access Planet's PlanetScope imagery and high-resolution satellite tasking ...

Jan 26,2026
Satellogic Announces Pricing of $35 Million Registered Direct Offering of Common Stock

Tags. Ai · Constellation · Defense · Funding · Geoint · Geospatial · Imagery · Satellite · Satellogic · Satl · Intelligence · Government · Launch ...

Jan 26,2026
Satellogic Announces Pricing of $35 Million Registered Direct Offering of Common Stock

The Company intends to use the net proceeds from the offering for continued investment in Satellogic's growth initiatives, constellation and satellite ...

Jan 26,2026
Satellogic raises $35 million in registered direct offering - StreetInsider

The company stated it intends to use net proceeds for continued investment in growth initiatives, constellation and satellite infrastructure, working ...

Jan 26,2026
Satellogic Announces Pricing of $35 Million Registered Direct Offering of Common Stock

The company intends to use net proceeds for continued investment in growth initiatives, constellation and satellite infrastructure, working capital ...

Jan 26,2026
The Bull Case For EchoStar (SATS) Could Change Following Its Emerging Role As A SpaceX Proxy

... satellite and wireless assets linked, directly and indirectly, to ... OOO97 on Neo Performance Materials · 24 days ago. Undervalued Key Player ...

Jan 26,2026
Neo Space Group brings high-speed connectivity to Riyadh Air fleet - SatellitePro ME

Neo Space Group, a Public Investment Fund company and Saudi Arabia's ... SatellitePro ME addresses all aspects of the satellite industry ...

Jan 26,2026
Riyadh Air partners with Neo Space Group to introduce cutting-edge high speed in-flight ...

Satellite Evolution Group; 5 minutes ago; 2 min read. Riyadh Air ... Neo Space Group, a PIF company and Saudi Arabia's leading commercial ...

Jan 26,2026
Riyadh Air partners with Neo Space Group | Advanced Television

Neo Space Group (NSG), a PIF company and Saudi Arabian commercial space ... Inside Satellite · Off Message · Nick Snow · Colin Mann · Third Party ...

Jan 26,2026
Satellite images show damage at Russian KAB supplier / The New Voice of Ukraine

26. Satellite imagery from Vantor (formerly Maxar Intelligence) indicates infrastructure damage at the Energiya plant following a suspected drone ...

Jan 26,2026
The Bull Case For Gilat Satellite Networks (GILT) Could Change Following New US$11M ...

Gilat Satellite Networks Ltd. recently announced that its ... OOO97 on Neo Performance Materials · 24 days ago. Undervalued Key Player ...

Jan 26,2026
SAR
Rheinmetall and OHB consider a Starlink-equivalent military satellite network for the Bundeswehr

It recently won a €2bn space contract with Finnish company Iceye to produce radar satellites. MarketScreener logo. © MarketScreener.com - 2026.

Jan 26,2026
Rheinmetall and OHB in talks over Starlink-style service for German army - Financial Times

Tank producer negotiating with satellite company over bid for slice of country's €35bn military space budget. ... Iceye to build satellites at a former ...

Jan 26,2026
Report: 13 Great Lakes' Worth of Water Underlies the Contiguous United States - Eos.org

The new work used direct well measurements as well as satellite data—about a million measurements, made between 1895 and 2023—along with maps of ...

Jan 26,2026
Rheinmetall and OHB Plan Starlink-Like Military Satellite Network for Germany

At the end of last year, the company won a significant contract to develop radar satellites in collaboration with Finnish Iceye, strengthening ...

Jan 26,2026
Germany prepares a 'military Starlink': Rheinmetall and OHB working on a sovereign satellite network

... Iceye. Radar technology allows surveillance activities even in clouds, bad weather or at night, and is considered particularly suitable for ...

Jan 26,2026
Rheinmetall and OHB to create their own internet network for the German army

The company already has experience working with Finnish Iceye on radar reconnaissance satellites. In turn, OHB, as the third largest satellite ...

Jan 26,2026
Tageos and Wiliot partner to accelerate ambient IoT, battery-free BLE sensing - IoT Now

The EOS-654 BLE G3 inlay was developed in cooperation with Wiliot at Tageos ... How satellite and terrestrial networks are coming together – and ...

Jan 26,2026
EOS expands U.S. manufacturing and logistics with $3 million investment in Texas

ESA Invests €73 Million in SWISSto12's HummingSat Satellite Program ... Joe Calmese, CEO of ADDMAN, and Glynn Fletcher, president of EOS North America, ...

Jan 26,2026
Germany wants its own Musk-free Starlink - Fudzilla.com

... Iceye to build satellites at a former car factory. ... satellite network · ohb · rheinmetall · sovereign satellite internet · starlink alternative ...

Jan 26,2026
Rheinmetall and OHB in talks to build German Starlink rival for the Bundeswehr - Harici

Rheinmetall and OHB are negotiating a joint bid to create a secure, sovereign satellite network for the German military ... Iceye to manufacture ...

Jan 26,2026
Germany's Handelsblatt: Rheinmetall and Ohb collaborate on new satellite network - Agenzia Nova

"We want to create a joint venture with Ohb similar to the one we have with the Finnish satellite startup Iceye," a high-ranking Rheinmetall executive ...

Jan 26,2026
Conida releases previously unpublished Earth images from PeruSAT-1 | News - ANDINA

... satellite, showcasing the South American country's geographic diversity from space. ... Gerente General(e): Félix Paz Quiroz; Av. Alfonso Ugarte ...

Jan 26,2026
Airplane Art - Batik Air Airbus A330 towed at Kuala Lumpur International Airport

This week, we have a Batik Air Malaysia Airbus A330-300 being towed to the gate at the KLIA Terminal 1 Satellite, as it is prepared for service.

Jan 26,2026
Dinagyang Festival draws bigger crowds this year - News

... Paz area—with thousands more joining satellite events, such as food festivals and street dances across the city. READ: Dinagyang tribes ...

Jan 26,2026
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