The distributed interactive simulation (DIS) lethality communication server

A new approach to handling battle simulation lethality is presented. In this approach, a single server provides standard DIS damage states to entities fast enough for most real-time applications. Benefits include freeing DIS simulations from the burden of maintaining damage state tables, lower DIS pre-exercise preparation and easier scenario configuration as a whole. These benefits are realized primarily because efforts to prepare and maintain the vulnerability data pertaining to the exercise are not duplicated.