Building connected and workable communications in remote environments presents unique challenges, but the right technology can keep users connected in even contested and harsh environments.

Knowing the precise location of threats and friendly forces is essential to increase warfighter survivability. Cooperative Electronic Support Measure Operations (CESMO) data gives NATO coalition forces this visibility.

This paper looks at the challenges of designing a small data acquisition system that can provide hundreds of channels of measurement capability while operating in tight spaces exposed to fluids, high vibration, and extremes of temperature.