A communications system, comprising: at least two wideband remote radio systems (222, 322A, 322B, 322C, 322D) each of which is configured to be coupled to at least one antenna (226, 326A, 326B, 326C, 326D); a baseband system (224, 324) coupled to each of the at least two wideband remote radio systems; another at least one antenna; and a coupler coupled to the another at least one antenna; wherein at least one wideband remote radio system and the baseband system are in different locations of a vehicle such that the wideband remote radio system and the baseband system are housed in different enclosures; wherein the baseband system comprises a datalink communications management system (224B, 324B) and an audio processing system (224C, 324C); wherein the at least one wideband radio baseband system is coupled to the audio processing system and the datalink communications management system; wherein each of two of the at least two wideband remote radio systems comprises: an antenna, a wideband receiver front end, a wideband transmitter front end, and a switching system coupled to the wideband receiver front end, the coupler, the at least one antenna, and the wideband transmitter front end; wherein the baseband system comprises two multichannel digital back end processing systems, where each such multichannel digital back end processing system is coupled to each of the two of the at least one wideband remote radio system; and wherein each multichannel digital back end processing system is configured to dynamically route transmit data and receive data respectively to and from one wideband remote radio system. at least two wideband remote radio systems (222, 322A, 322B, 322C, 322D) each of which is configured to be coupled to at least one antenna (226, 326A, 326B, 326C, 326D); a baseband system (224, 324) coupled to each of the at least two wideband remote radio systems; another at least one antenna; and a coupler coupled to the another at least one antenna; wherein at least one wideband remote radio system and the baseband system are in different locations of a vehicle such that the wideband remote radio system and the baseband system are housed in different enclosures; wherein the baseband system comprises a datalink communications management system (224B, 324B) and an audio processing system (224C, 324C); wherein the at least one wideband radio baseband system is coupled to the audio processing system and the datalink communications management system; wherein each of two of the at least two wideband remote radio systems comprises: an antenna, a wideband receiver front end, a wideband transmitter front end, and a switching system coupled to the wideband receiver front end, the coupler, the at least one antenna, and the wideband transmitter front end; wherein the baseband system comprises two multichannel digital back end processing systems, where each such multichannel digital back end processing system is coupled to each of the two of the at least one wideband remote radio system; and wherein each multichannel digital back end processing system is configured to dynamically route transmit data and receive data respectively to and from one wideband remote radio system.