The platform features a catalog of services provided by and available to the aviation community. The catalog allows users to browse, search, try, connect, subscribe, and register services. Catalog users can browse and search services in the catalog, as well as inspect service APIs and try out requesting responses from the services. Users can obtain connection credentials to access services and subscribe to services. Service providers can register their services, providing information and metadata to facilitate discovery and access to their services. While all users may access services developed by NASA and any non-NASA services that have been approved for public release, official DIP partners have access to an expanded catalog of services and may register new services which can optionally be made available only to other official DIP partners. The platform provides performance metrics pertaining to the qualities of services. Service Providers can supply additional metrics pertaining to the performance of the service.

NASA is partnering with flight operators, new entrants, service providers, data integrators, platform providers, and other stakeholders who are committed to building a community-supported cloud-based ecosystem of data services to enhance future aviation operations.