1. A fleet operations data management system comprising: a data collection and distribution network configured to distribute operations data to vehicles in a fleet of vehicles and collect vehicle performance data from the vehicles in the fleet of vehicles, the distributed operations data including at least one of travel plans, navigational databases, vehicle operator business data, and passenger information, the collected aircraft performance data including at least one of vehicle body integrity parameters, FADEC performance, CNS/ATM interoperability, and air computing infrastructure characteristics; a plurality of wireless communications channels configured to transfer of data between a vehicle fleet operator and a fleet of vehicles; an adaptive, reconfigurable embedded instrument set configured to monitor variable aspects of individual aircraft performance; and a distributed control function configured to identify an appropriate communications channel for data transfer.