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
Satellite image processing for mapping air pollution dispersion near biorefinery sites

This study presents a satellite-based analytical framework that integrates Nitrogen Dioxide (NO2) observations from Sentinel-5P/Tropospheric ...

Jan 9,2026
Why Your Brain Puts Off Doing Unpleasant Tasks - Scientific American

Black and white image of a man with his head ... Satellite image shows Antarctica's Thwaites Glacier with lots of blocks of ice broken off and now.

Jan 9,2026
Imagery from Venezuela Shows a Surgical Strike, Not Shock and Awe - CSIS

CSIS experts analyze new satellite imagery of U.S. strikes against Venezuela carried out during the mission to capture Nicolás Maduro.

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 ... White paper, Airport CUAS image. Unmanned Airspace ...

Jan 9,2026
New Fortress Seeks to Push Debt Deadline as Restructuring Looms - EnergyNow.com

satellite image venezuela methane emissions 1200x810 · Satellite Images ... Chevron has been on the ground there… 3 hours ago. Satellite Images Reveal ...

Jan 9,2026
Pathways Forward - Mercy Corps

A map of sudan showing rural markets detected by satellite, and the changes in rural. Using Satellite Imagery To Map The Impact Of Conflict On Rural ...

Jan 9,2026
flyExclusive Set to Bring Starlink IFC to its Fleet - Via Satellite

Via Satellite. Search. Subscribe for Free. Subscribe. Via Satellite · Space ... Latest News. Connectivity Keysight Demonstrates NR-NTN Connectivity in ...

Jan 9,2026
These Bizarre, Centuries-Old Greenland Sharks May Have a Hidden Longevity Superpower

Editor's Note (1/9/26): This story was edited after posting to include an image of a Greenland shark. ... Satellite image shows Antarctica's Thwaites ...

Jan 9,2026
Pandora, a keen-eyed satellite built to study exoplanets, readies for launch | EurekAlert!

image: Artist's concept of NASA's Pandora mission, which will help ... The Pandora satellite will provide in-depth study of at least 20 known ...

Jan 9,2026
The Explore tool in R's {geosam} package puts powerful satellite image detection tools ... - LinkedIn

The Explore tool in R's {geosam} package puts powerful satellite image detection tools in your hands. Check out this example, which takes less ...

Jan 9,2026
White House Gathers Oil Majors, Traders, Drillers on Venezuela - EnergyNow.com

satellite image venezuela methane emissions 1200x810 · Satellite Images Reveal Venezuela's Massive Methane Problem. Recent Posts ...

Jan 9,2026
Invest 93S / Invest 90B / Invest 92P - Pacific - Pacific Disaster Center

... Garcia. Animated enhanced infrared satellite imagery depicts an elongated and broad circulation embedded within a trough slowly consolidating.

Jan 9,2026
Modifications Proposed to Previously Approved Project at 3905 Freedom Circle in Santa Clara

To that end, developers plan to include 1,413 new parking spaces on-site for residential and commercial use. 3905 Freedom Circle, image via Google ...

Jan 9,2026
Morocco's landscape has transformed over the past year, with NASA satellite images ... - Instagram

A stunning satellite image from NASA Worldview shows Morocco's landscape blanketed in white, with the Atlas and Rif mountains clearly covered in ...

Jan 9,2026
January 31, 1958: The U.S. launches its first satellite, sparking discovery of the Van Allen ...

They had just received early data from a Geiger sensor aboard Explorer 1, the first U.S. satellite, in orbit around Earth. The sensor was supposed to ...

Jan 9,2026
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
Leveraging Covariance Representations With Riemannian Resnet for Satellite Image Time ...

In particular, satellite image time series (SITS) acquired by constellations such as Sentinel capture rich spatial, spectral and temporal patterns ...

Jan 9,2026
Gameday update: Pelicans at Wizards (1/9/2026) | New Orleans Pelicans - NBA

article-image: Zion Williamson Highlights vs. Hawks 1/7/26. Zion ... DIRECTV (Stream 676, Satellite 676-6) | U-Verse (759 SD, 1759 HD). New ...

Jan 9,2026
Satellite Launches
Countdown is on for UofA's latest satellite to launch into space - AZ Family

Scientists said Pandora was mounted this week inside the launch rocket, which is a SpaceX Falcon 9. The satellite, the size of a refrigerator, now ...

Jan 9,2026
After Soaring 174% in 2025, Is Rocket Lab Stock a Buy in 2026? | The Motley Fool

The company is responsible for launching 245 satellites with its Electron two-stage orbital launch vehicle. ... images from 12 different orbits for iQPS ...

Jan 9,2026
Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, January 8, 2026 | ISW

... launch from Kapustin Yar (where Russia reportedly stores Oreshnik ... satellite imagery and other geospatial data as the basis for these reports.

Jan 9,2026
Ukraine war latest: Moscow launches major attack on Ukraine - as Qatari embassy hit by drone

The Russian defence ministry launched an Oreshnik hypersonic missile at a target in western Ukraine during major overnight strikes.

Jan 9,2026
Rivada Space Networks: Time for an announcement? - SatNews

Under ITU rules, Rivada must launch 300 satellites (288+12 spares) by ... The Christmas holiday period saw a slew of celebratory images ...

Jan 9,2026
Space Coast launch schedule: - Orlando Sentinel

These include the Compact Infrared Imaging System, which is an imaging ... satellites from Kennedy Space Center Launch Pad 39-A at 12:24 p.m. The ...

Jan 9,2026
SpaceX to launch next SDA missile tracking satellites - Breaking Defense

SpaceX will launch 36 Tranche 2 Tracking Layer satellites — 18 built by L3Harris and 18 built by Lockheed Martin — plus eight FOO Fighter birds ...

Jan 9,2026
Toronto startup Kepler to launch satellites on SpaceX rocket to create space-based data centres

Rodriguez Carrillo/Getty Images files). A Toronto-based space telecommunications company is sending 10 of its low Earth orbit (LEO) optical satellites ...

Jan 9,2026
TelePIX vice president Kim says Korea must scale satellite ops and strengthen verification

Arirang 7 is designed to provide Earth observation imagery for public purposes such as disaster and hazard monitoring and land and environmental ...

Jan 9,2026
Toronto startup Kepler to launch satellites on SpaceX rocket | Financial Post

... launch from California's Vandenberg Space Force Base early Sunday. Photo by Miguel J. Rodriguez Carrillo/Getty Images files. Article content. A ...

Jan 9,2026
flyExclusive Set to Bring Starlink IFC to its Fleet - Via Satellite

Private jet operator flyExclusive is now an authorized reseller for SpaceX's Starlink in-flight connectivity (IFC), and is set to begin ...

Jan 9,2026
Twilight Rideshare Mission Set to Deploy First Tranche of Kepler's Optical Network

Imagery and Sensing Satellogic Secures 7-Figure Imagery Deal for Monitoring ... The company previously launched pathfinder satellites, which have ...

Jan 9,2026
Musk's xAI adds new restrictions to Grok after uproar over sexual images | CBC News

Grok launched in 2023, and last summer the company added an image ... satellite service for Arctic military operations. 5. Ottawa Senators slam ...

Jan 9,2026
ESPN has a lot of checks to cash in 2026 - Awful Announcing

Yes, some cable and satellite providers had full access to the ESPN “Unlimited” tier right from launch. But quite a few don't. Comcast customers ...

Jan 9,2026
January 31, 1958: The U.S. launches its first satellite, sparking discovery of the Van Allen ...

Van Allen had proposed satellite-based cosmic ray experiments in the mid-1950s, but the U.S. didn't have a program for launching satellites yet. That ...

Jan 9,2026
SpaceX Falcon 9 to launch Starlink satellites from Cape Canaveral - WESH

SpaceX's Falcon 9 is targeting the launch of 29 Starlink satellites to low-Earth orbit from Cape Canaveral on Friday.

Jan 9,2026
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
EO-MSI
Twilight Rideshare Mission Set to Deploy First Tranche of Kepler's Optical Network

The upcoming SpaceX “Twilight” rideshare mission is set to deploy the first tranche of Kepler Communications' next-generation optical satellite ...

Jan 9,2026
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
A legion of...Happy Feet - ISEP

Satellite imagery has uncovered a 'supercolony' of more than 1.5 million Adélie penguins nesting among a chain of remote Antartic islands, raising ...

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
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 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
Twilight Rideshare Mission Set to Deploy First Tranche of Kepler's Optical Network

The upcoming SpaceX “Twilight” rideshare mission is set to deploy the first tranche of Kepler Communications' next-generation optical satellite ...

Jan 9,2026
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
HSI

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