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Does this sound like a upgrade vest version to the threat fire??

http://www.armytimes.com/news/2012/01/MONDAYarmy-21-issues-taking-shape-for-the-army-in-2012-010212

"REALISTIC TRAINING
New simulation gear will make force-on-force training on posts as realistic as running ops at Maneuver Combat Training Centers.

The new “laser tag” system registers injuries caused by simulated improvised explosives devices, artillery rounds and machine-gun fire, and assigns wounds based on weapons effects.

The Homestation Instrumentation Training System also allows leaders to replay battles — with up to 8,000 participants within a 20-kilometer-by-20-kilometer area — on screens or listen to radio chatter during after-action reviews, according to Col. Patrick E. Connors, a program director at the Training and Doctrine Command.

The system, which includes an electronic vest and transmitters for weapons, can also track ballistic missiles of friendly and enemy personnel and number of rounds fired.

Past generations of Multiple Integrated Laser Engagement System gear don’t provide that type of feedback, said Brian Lucke, a training coordinator at Fort Campbell, Ky.

Twenty-one posts will begin fielding the latest version of HITS this spring, and fielding will run through 2017.

A battalion set includes about 1,160 player radios, antenna nodes and an Exercise Control Station that assists in storing electronic, audio and video information for feedback, according to Army Program Executive Office for Simulation, Training and Instrumentation.

The set costs about $9 million and works with Tactical Engagement Simulation Systems."