Systems and methods for remotely managed data radios in accordance with embodiments of the invention are illustrated. In one embodiment of the invention, a remotely managed data radio includes first and second data radio modules, wherein the first data radio module configured to communicate on a first network including an amount of bandwidth and a latency for a given frequency channel, wherein the second data radio module is configured to communicate on a second network, and wherein the remotely managed data radio is configured to communicate mission-critical data utilizing the first data radio module, measure the performance of the first network using the first data radio module, generate non-mission-critical data using the second data radio module, where the non-mission-critical data includes the measured performance data, and communicate the non-mission-critical data utilizing the second data radio module, thereby preserving the bandwidth and latency of the primary network for communicating mission-critical data.