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
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Hydrosat, a leading provider of thermal satellite intelligence, has successfully closed $60 million in new funding to fuel its global expansion.
Drought in 2025 in 14 Graphics | January 15, 2026
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CarTomb - Oštro
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Satellite Launches
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Satellite images show aftermath of strike on Russia's Taganrog drone plant – video
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... satellite imagery to early warning systems after ballistic missile launches. Ukraine's GUR military intelligence agency declined to comment. A ...
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The Silent Partner - How Machine Learning Quietly Powers Modern Space Operations
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CNES Launches €1 Million AI Space Data Challenge - European Spaceflight
CNES and the Île-de-France region, which includes Paris, have launched a €1 million challenge for AI applications for analysing satellite data.
New Missiles But Fewer Launches, a Missile Sub Reveal, and a Nuclear-Armed Air Force - 38 North
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EO-MSI
MDA Adds 340 Vendors to $151 Billion SHIELD Enterprise in Third Major Tranche
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SAR
Why ISRO's Defence-Linked Missions Keep Stumbling Despite 44 Launches In 9 Years
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Hydrosat raises $60M at a $180M valuation for its thermal satellite imaging tech
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SkyFi Raises $12.7 Million in Series A to Expand AI Powered Earth Intelligence Platform
SkyFi secures $12.7 million in Series A funding to enhance its AI-driven Earth intelligence platform providing on-demand.
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PSLV-C62 mission failure:ISRO faces first space launch setback of 2026 - India TV News
The issue prevented the satellite from achieving orbital velocity, leading to the loss of the EOS-N1 satellite and 15 smaller payloads.
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The failure of the Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV)
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ICEYE: Partnership with the Swedish Armed Forces for advanced satellite capabilities
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HSI
RF
Morocco Renews Satellite Communication Licenses for Nine Operators
Three companies obtained renewals for GMPCS public satellite communication networks: Orbcomm Maghreb, Thuraya Maghreb SA, and Al Hourria Telecom.
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SKYWAVE™, an ORBCOMM® company, launches new hybrid satellite-cellular module to ...
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