Patent ID: 8550817

Claim:
A method comprising: interrogating a physical target using a radio frequency interrogation signal in a physical combat simulation environment in which a simulation is being conducted; receiving feedback from said target encoded within a radio frequency signal, said feedback comprising position data and movement data of the target; calculating adjustments, via a processor executing a computer program product that implements a simulation manager for a simulated kinetic object traveling from a defined location of the physical combat simulation environment to said target, wherein said adjustments account for target movement and simulated kinetic object travel time and travel path from the defined location to the target, wherein a distance from the defined location to the target and movement of the target relative to the defined location is determined during said calculating utilizing the feedback; the simulation manager determining a geographic position within the physical combat simulation environment of a virtual shooter, wherein said virtual shooter is not a physical entity present in the physical combat simulation environment but is a virtual artifact created and controlled by the simulation manager that emulates a physical shooter positioned for simulation purposes at a geographic position; and conveying a result signal comprising result data to the target, wherein the result data provides details for a kinetic object event relating to the simulated kinetic object traveling from the geographic position; wherein the simulated kinetic object is a simulated ordinance fired from a simulated kinetic weapon of the virtual shooter, wherein the kinetic object event is a firing event of the simulated ordinance, wherein the result signal is a fire result signal, and wherein the result data is fire result data.