Patent ID: 6986302

Claim:
A system comprising: a plurality of locator devices each having a communication component and each being adapted to determine location information of one or more friendly personnel; a plurality of weapon systems having a communication component, the weapon systems being adapted to determine weapon effect information and determine if the weapon is in an aim mode or fire mode; a plurality of computer-based systems each including: a first communication component adapted to receive the determined location information, the determined weapon effect information, and the weapon mode; memory adapted to store received location information; a second communication component adapted to communicate with other computer-based systems; and a processor adapted to determine if at least one of the friendly personnel is effected by one of the weapon systems based on the received location information, and the weapon effect information and generating a responsive signal, if at least one of the friendly personnel is determined to be effected by one of the weapon systems and the weapon is determined to be in the fire mode.