A data communication system includes a host computing system, a data communication network, and a mission context routing (MCR) system. The host computing system is configured to receive a user request to exchange data between the host computing system and a destination communication device. The data communication network is configured to establish at least one network path to facilitate data exchange between the host computing system and the destination communication device. The MCR system is configured to determine route connection data based on an input selected from a group that includes the user request in context of the activity a user is performing, and an operational context of a network owner entity. Accordingly, the MCR system establishes a designated network path among a plurality of different available network paths of the data communication network based at least in part on the route connection data.