The present disclosure is directed to an event-driven reporting system that enables off-board entities, such as on-ground control centers or other aircrafts, to receive information regarding on-board conditions when the aircraft enters into a non-nominal or hostile state. Various embodiments of the disclosure are directed to an event-driven reporting system and method that provide a burst-mode transmission of recorded on-board data to an off-board entity when certain triggering events that indicate non-nominal or hostile aircraft conditions are detected.