National Security Space: DOD Has Opportunities to Improve Its Use of Commercial Data and Related Services
What GAO Found The U.S. commercial space sector has grown rapidly over the last few years, and offers data and data-related services—such as the imagery below—that the Department of Defense (DOD) uses to maintain national security. National Reconnaissance Office Purchased Commercial Images of Chinese Aircraft Carriers Within the Space Force, the Joint Commercial Operations Cell (JCO)—the main organization that buys data and services—purchased various types of data and services through the contractor-operated Global Data Marketplace. JCO expended $76.8 million on data and services from the marketplace from January 2023 through September 2025. These purchases supported missions including spac.
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What GAO Found The U.S. commercial space sector has grown rapidly over the last few years, and offers data and data-related services—such as the imagery below—that the Department of Defense (DOD) uses to maintain national security.
National Reconnaissance Office Purchased Commercial Images of Chinese Aircraft Carriers Within the Space Force, the Joint Commercial Operations Cell (JCO)—the main organization that buys data and services—purchased various types of data and services through the contractor-operated Global Data Marketplace.
JCO expended $76.8 million on data and services from the marketplace from January 2023 through September 2025.
These purchases supported missions including spac…
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