Patent ID: 7499713

Claim:
A system for condition and location monitoring of mobile entities in a Multiple Integrated Laser Engagement System (MILES) training exercise, the system comprising: a situational awareness (SA) beacon associated with each of a given MILES training sensor system, the SA beacon comprising: a global position satellite (GPS) device that determines a location of the MILES training sensor system; a communication interface configured to provide communications with the MILES training sensor system through an infrared communication port of the MILES training sensor system; a controller configured to transmit commands to and receive condition information from a sensor control of the MILES training sensor system through the communication interface and the infrared communication port; a fastening mechanism that couples the SA beacon to the MILES training sensor system and communicatively couples the communication interface to the infrared communication port; and a transceiver that transmits location information and condition information associated with the MILES training sensor system to a remote device.