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 Innovation in the News

  • Commercial Imagery
  • Satellite Launches
  • EO-MSI
  • SAR
  • HSI
  • RF
  • SSA
Commercial Imagery
Oregon says Lane County business will clean up giant pile of horse manure - KLCC

The manure pile as seen from satellite imagery. The Oregon Department of Agriculture has settled a lawsuit with a Eugene-area business over a large ...

Jan 9,2026
Cognitive Science students pitch health tech, AI assistants to investors

... satellite imagery, economic trends, as well as maritime commerce.” For TAN-1, founder and Cognitive Science junior Tanya Hemdev drew inspiration ...

Jan 9,2026
5 Q's with Fernando Yu, Co-founder of Suyana - Center for Data Innovation

, a Massachusetts-based company that is using satellite imagery and machine learning models to provide climate risk insurance. Yu explained how ...

Jan 9,2026
How North Korea's Extractive System Adapts to External Shocks

Analyses that rely solely on data—defector surveys, satellite imagery, trade statistics—may produce descriptive insights, but they cannot provide ...

Jan 9,2026
Iceberg that once world's largest turning blue as it melts and dies | | bloomeradvance.com

When the MODIS (Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer) on NASA's Terra satellite captured this image of what remained of the waterlogged ...

Jan 9,2026
Enviromental Monitoring – Earth Observation Satellite Malaysia | Uzma Geospatial AI

Uzma Digital Earth enhances environmental monitoring by leveraging satellite-based remote sensing to detect methane plumes, CO₂, and NO₂ emissions, ...

Jan 9,2026
Earth Observation Small Satellite Market worth $5.52 billion by 2030 - Yahoo Finance

The Earth observation small satellite market is witnessing growth, driven by the rising need for timely, high-resolution geospatial intelligence to ...

Jan 9,2026
Graph-Based Spatial and Temporal Modeling of Satellite Imagery

The framework integrates advanced segmentation techniques specifically designed for satellite imagery to accurately extract objects of interest, which ...

Jan 9,2026
The continued mysteries surrounding the intelligence operation to capture Maduro - BBC

From intelligence sources to intricate mission plans, some details are ... intelligence like mapping and satellite imagery. @realDonaldTrump ...

Jan 9,2026
NASA's Pandora Satellite to Explore Exoplanets and Stars

Image description: A metallic spacecraft takes up most of this image. ... The satellite will look at each planet and its star 10 times, with each ...

Jan 9,2026
Inside Russia's New Missile 'Oreshnik' That Hit Ukraine | How It Works - YouTube

Satellite imagery, debris analysis and expert assessments suggest the weapon combines existing ballistic missile technology with a novel ...

Jan 9,2026
ECoNets: Rotation Equivariant Contrail Detection Neural Networks in Satellite Imagery

We present ECoNets, equivariant U-Net models applied to contrails segmentation in satellite images. In the context of a highly class-imbalanced ...

Jan 9,2026
Massive iconic iceberg turns blue and is "on the verge of complete disintegration," NASA says

A NASA satellite captured an image of the fading berg the day after Christmas, showing pools of blue meltwater on its surface. A day later, an ...

Jan 9,2026
New multi-satellite dataset maps dynamic water storage changes across the Yangtze

Published in the Journal of Remote Sensing on September 25, 2025, the study integrates Landsat and Sentinel satellite imagery with ICESat and ICESat-2 ...

Jan 9,2026
'Knitted' satellite launching to monitor Earth's surface with radar | New Scientist

... to produce fabrics from tungsten wire coated in gold, which are used to form the dish on the CarbSAR satellite.

Jan 9,2026
U.S. Navy Is Chasing Several Oil Tankers in the Atlantic - The New York Times

... satellite imagery and a U.S. military official. The ships, most of them laden with oil, are hundreds of miles from land and appear to be heading ...

Jan 9,2026
Iranian protesters BURN DOWN government buildings and capture two cities as JD VANCE ...

... satellite imagery. Date of the video could not be verified. However, witnesses in the capital Tehran told Reuters that protesters gathered in the ...

Jan 9,2026
Satellite Images Reveal Venezuela's Massive Methane Problem - Bloomberg.com

Satellite Images Reveal Venezuela's Massive Methane Problem. Data shows millions of tons of methane spewing from the nation's decaying energy ...

Jan 9,2026
Improving Wildfire, Flood, And Disaster Response With Real-Time Satellite Imagery - Inside Ecology

Here's how satellites capture and deliver current satellite imagery: Capturing images with different types of sensors. Satellites use different ...

Jan 9,2026
Channelized melt beneath Antarctic ice shelves previously underestimated | Nature Climate Change

... imagery and satellite altimetry, revealing pronounced channelized melting patterns whose melt rates were previously substantially underestimated ...

Jan 9,2026
Satellite Launches
NASA's Pandora, CubeSats to Probe Exoplanets, Beyond - Mirage News

Download high-resolution images from NASA's Scientific Visualization Studio ... Pandora is the first satellite to launch in the agency's Astrophysics ...

Jan 9,2026
India's first 2026 ISRO mission puts AI-powered startup into orbit - The American Bazaar

Integrated with MOI-1's onboard computing systems, the payload allows AI models to analyze images while the satellite is still in orbit. “The launch ...

Jan 9,2026
TDK launches STRIDE positioning software for wearables - GPS World

TDK Corporation has announced Trusted Positioning STRIDE, an embedded pedestrian dead-reckoning (PDR) software solution engineered specifically ...

Jan 9,2026
Rocket Report: SpaceX and China led the way in 2025; Vandenberg has room to grow

Credit: Liu Guoxing/VCG via Getty Images. Text settings. Story text ... launch and satellite activity by Jonathan's Space Report shows. Of ...

Jan 9,2026
Will SpaceX Falcon 9 be visible in Arizona? About the pre-sunrise launch

This launch will double as a mission to deploy NASA's Pandora satellite, as well as a rideshare mission known as Twilight. Due to the launch ...

Jan 9,2026
Naval Research Lab Launches Remote Sensing Experiment to Improve AI-Based Detection

... imaging across the Department of the Navy and broader scientific community. The U.S. Naval Research Laboratory (NRL) launched a remote sensing ...

Jan 9,2026
NASA's Pandora Satellite to Explore Exoplanets and Stars

Pandora is the first satellite to launch in the agency's Astrophysics ... Imaging Spectrograph (STIS), but they detected no trace of the ...

Jan 9,2026
SpaceX to launch Falcon 9 rocket today from California. How to watch - The Desert Sun

This launch will double as a mission to deploy NASA's Pandora satellite, as well as a rideshare mission known as Twilight. Viewers can watch the ...

Jan 9,2026
Will SpaceX launch a rocket today in California? What time is launch? - Ventura County Star

This launch will double as a mission to deploy NASA's Pandora satellite, as well as a rideshare mission known as Twilight. Numerous public viewing ...

Jan 9,2026
Eon Space Labs to launch AI-enabled Earth imaging payload MIRA on PSLV-C62 on January 12

Instead of merely capturing images and sending raw data back to Earth, this mission enables satellites to generate insights in orbit,” said Sanjay ...

Jan 9,2026
NASA announces unprecedented return of sick ISS astronaut and crew - Live Science

Crew-12's launch is scheduled for mid-February. It is unclear what ... Orbiting satellites could start crashing into one another in less than ...

Jan 9,2026
Nordic Semiconductor launches nRF9151 software and development kit combining satellite ...

Alongside the hardware release, Nordic has launched new modem firmware that adds NTN (satellite) support to the nRF9151 module — marking Nordic's ...

Jan 9,2026
New multi-satellite dataset maps dynamic water storage changes across the Yangtze

By combining radar and laser altimetry with optical and radar imagery, researchers tracked changes in 443 reservoirs and found a steady increase in ...

Jan 9,2026
'Knitted' satellite launching to monitor Earth's surface with radar | New Scientist

A new UK satellite is about to launch, wearing the latest in high‑tech knitwear. ... Planned satellite launches could ruin Hubble Space Telescope images.

Jan 9,2026
Improving Wildfire, Flood, And Disaster Response With Real-Time Satellite Imagery - Inside Ecology

Here's how satellites capture and deliver current satellite imagery ... Smaller satellites in low Earth orbit are being launched in dense constellations ...

Jan 9,2026
Airbus (France) and Thales Alenia Space (France) are Leading Players in the ... - MarketsandMarkets

... imaging payloads and build satellites supporting an expanding array of government and commercial missions. ... satellite launches. MDA Space (Canada) is ...

Jan 9,2026
Earth Observation Small Satellite Market worth $5.52 billion by 2030 - MarketsandMarkets

... launches. Mini satellites offer higher power availability and sensor capacity, enabling good imaging performance. As mission requirements evolve ...

Jan 9,2026
The Modern Space Race Opportunities, Risks, and Global Responsibility

Lower launch costs and reusable rockets have made space more accessible. Governments increasingly rely on private firms for launches, satellite ...

Jan 9,2026
Satellite Launch Vehicle Market Report 2026 | Now Available with Latest Trends ...

Key market opportunities in the satellite launch vehicle sector include advancements in reusable launch technologies reducing costs, rising demand ...

Jan 9,2026
Russia Says It Used Nuclear-Capable Missile to Strike Ukraine - The New York Times

... launch. The Oreshnik can carry conventional or dummy warheads in ... Our team of visual journalists analyzes satellite images, photographs ...

Jan 9,2026
EO-MSI
Terran Orbital to provide satellite buses for SDA's missile-tracking - Electronics Weekly

Terran Orbital will be providing satellite buses to parent company Lockheed Martin under the U.S. SDA PWSA programme ... Blacksky-HEO-Space-NEI-deal- ...

Jan 9,2026
Satellogic Secures 7-Figure Imagery Deal for Monitoring - Via Satellite

Satellogic has signed a seven-figure contract with an unnamed customer for satellite imagery to support high-frequency site monitoring.

Jan 9,2026
Tran, Kamlager-Dove urges ALADS, County to agree to contract - Spectrum News

Satellite-Radar · Traffic Map · Traffic News. SPORTS. Sports ... Tran, Kamlager-Dove urge LA Deputy Sheriffs, County to come to contract agreement.

Jan 9,2026
Surveillance, Security, Sustainability & Harmonic: the third COSMO SkyMed satellite enters service

The Bundeswehr Strengthens Its Deep Strike Capabilities with the TAURUS NEO Missile · DEFENCE · The Bundeswehr Strengthens Its Deep Strike ...

Jan 9,2026
Satellogic Shares Rise on Long-Term Contract - MarketWatch

By Amira McKee. Shares of Satellogic rose after the Earth observation satellite company said it received a seven-figure agreement to provide a ...

Jan 9,2026
A Look At BlackSky Technology (BKSY) Valuation After Rapid Gen 3 Satellite Commercial Rollout

Gen 3 satellites bring BlackSky's latest tech shift into focus BlackSky Technology (BKSY) has quickly brought its Gen 3 satellites into full ...

Jan 9,2026
Starlink to Reduce Satellite Orbit Altitude to Enhance Space Safety - weareiowa.com

SpaceX's satellite internet constellation, Starlink, plans to lower the ... isi-reafirma-sustinerea-pentru-groenlanda-si-respinge-tiradele ...

Jan 9,2026
Constellation Brands, Inc. (STZ) Q3 2026 Earnings Call Transcript | Seeking Alpha

Constellation Brands, Inc. (STZ) Q3 2026 Earnings Call January 8 ... Next question is coming from Rob Ottenstein from Evercore ISI. Robert ...

Jan 9,2026
Aerospace Supports Satellite Concept for Imaging Apophis Asteroid Flyby

... NEO Deflection App. “But we are going to use our experience from this encounter in case we need to go and characterize a rapidly approaching ...

Jan 9,2026
Earnings call transcript: Constellation Brands Q3 2026 earnings beat expectations

Constellation Brands Inc. (STZ) reported its fiscal third-quarter ... Next question is coming from Rob Ottenstein from Evercore ISI. Your ...

Jan 9,2026
Constellation Brands stock rises as UBS reiterates Buy rating on solid Q3 - Investing.com

Evercore ISI also reiterated its Outperform rating with a $170 price target, highlighting that beer depletions of -3.0% were better than the ...

Jan 9,2026
SAR
India's first 2026 ISRO mission puts AI-powered startup into orbit - The American Bazaar

The PSLV-C62 mission is a multi-payload launch that also includes EOS-N1 (Anvesha), an advanced Earth observation satellite, along with several ...

Jan 9,2026
Republic of Korea's second KASS satellite to enable expansion of UAS and UAM operations

The Republic of Korea's second Korea Augmentation Satellite System (KASS) satellite ... High precision counter-drone lethality – how EOS has closed the ...

Jan 9,2026
UPSC Current Affairs Quiz 9 January 2026 - INSIGHTS IAS

(b) Navigation satellite for the NAVIC constellation. (c) ... EOS-N1, codenamed Anvesha, is an advanced hyperspectral Earth observation satellite.

Jan 9,2026
The Looming Data Loss That Threatens Public Safety and Prosperity - Eos.org

The resulting RQDs from this network are used to calibrate and bias-correct data from other (e.g., satellite) observing systems. Only the federal ...

Jan 9,2026
Managing Carbon Stocks Requires an Integrated View of the Carbon Cycle - Eos.org

... satellite EO data, and integration of top-down / bottom-up analyses to link process understanding to global assessment. Such an actionable system ...

Jan 9,2026
New River Chemistry Insights May Boost Coastal Ocean Modeling - Eos.org

A satellite view of a portion of Earth shows the planet's curved horizon at the top Permafrost thaw influences the chemistry of the Yenisei (left) ...

Jan 9,2026
Look for Saturn high in the western sky: Looking up at the Night Sky - The Daily Herald

Next stop is Capella in the constellation Auriga the Goatherder. Around the circle, we next visit the twin stars of Gemini, Castor and Pollux ...

Jan 9,2026
Eon Space Labs to launch AI-enabled Earth imaging payload MIRA on PSLV-C62 on January 12

PSLV-C62 is a multi-payload mission that also carries the Earth observation satellite EOS-N1 (Anvesha) along with other technology demonstration ...

Jan 9,2026
Assam Don Bosco University to launch Northeast's first satellite - News Arena

EOS-N1 hyperspectral satellite before encapsulation within the PSLV-C62 payload fairing for ISRO's January 12 launch from Sriharikota, alongside ...

Jan 9,2026
Improving Wildfire, Flood, And Disaster Response With Real-Time Satellite Imagery - Inside Ecology

One such tool is Landviewer by EOS Data Analytics, which enables users to visualise, compare, and analyse satellite images, as well as download ...

Jan 9,2026
Countdown Begins: ISRO to Launch PSLV-C62 Mission on January 12 From Sriharikota

India's space agency ISRO will launch PSLV-C62 on 12 January 2026, placing the EOS-N1 Earth observation satellite and 18 other payloads into orbit.

Jan 9,2026
Banyan Group introduces the effortless lakeside luxury of Bellaguna as its newest residential brand

... Constellation of Cocktails returns: Capella Bangkok and Capella Singapore unite for a stellar mixology experience · Dining & Travel · Dom Pérignon ...

Jan 9,2026
EOS-N1 - Wikipedia

EOS-N1, also called Anvesha, is an Indian earth imaging satellite said to be built by DRDO for strategic defence purposes.Not much information has ...

Jan 9,2026
Indian firm demonstrates 20km, 10Gbps indigenous wireless laser comms system - MSN

Explained: ISRO's PSLV-C62 mission, EOS-N1 satellite and why the January ... Explained: ISRO's PSLV-C62 mission, EOS-N1 satellite and why the January.

Jan 9,2026
Daily Current Affairs Today 9 January 2026 for SSC And Railway Exams - Physics Wallah

Q3. Which launch vehicle will carry the EOS-N1 satellite?

Jan 9,2026
PSLV-C62 Mission: ISRO To Launch EOS-N1 And 15 Co-Passengers This Week, Check ...

ISRO's PSLV-C62 mission is scheduled for January 12, carrying the EOS-N1 earth observation satellite along with 15 co-passenger satellites from ...

Jan 9,2026
SSIT portfolio uplifted by ICEYE and HawkEye 360 as SpaceTech sector gathers pace

Meanwhile, AST SpaceMobile successfully launched its largest satellite yet, BlueBird 6, from India. Capable of delivering up to 120 Mbps to ...

Jan 9,2026
PSLV-C62 / EOS-N1 Mission | Live Launch Coverage : r/Science_India - Reddit

r/Science_India - ISRO successfully launches India's heaviest satellite, CMS-03. 1.2K upvotes · 16 comments ...

Jan 9,2026
ISRO's PSLV-C62 set for January 12: To deploy EOS-N1 along with 15 co-passenger satellite

The mission will deploy the EOS-N1 earth observation satellite for a commercial customer, along with 15 co-passenger satellites from India and abroad.

Jan 9,2026
ISRO To Launch EOS-N1 Earth Observation Satellite On January 12 Aboard PSLV-C62 In ...

ISRO is set to launch the EOS-N1 (Anvesha) Earth observation satellite aboard PSLV-C62 on January 12, marking its first mission of 2026.

Jan 9,2026

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