Current standard: IEEE 1278.1
Fire PDU
Size: 768
Description: The firing of a weapon shall be communicated by issuing a Fire PDU. The Fire PDU shall contain the following fields:
a) PDU Header - This field shall contain data common to all DIS PDUs. The PDU Header shall be represented by the PDU Header Record (see 5.3.24).
b) Firing Entity Identification - This field shall identify the firing entity. This field shall be represented by an Entity Identifier Record (see 5.3.14).
c) Target Entity Identification - This field shall identify the intended target. If the intended target is unknown, this field shall contain TARGET_ID_ UNKNOWN. This field shall be represented by an Entity Identifier Record (see 5.3.14).
d) Munition Identification - This field shall specify the entity ID of the fired munition if tracking data is required. A munition ID shall have a value of MUNITION _NOT _TRACKED if tracking data for the munition is not required. This field shall be represented by an Entity Identifier Record (see 5.3.14).
e) Event Identification - This field shall contain an identification generated by the firing entity to associate related firing and detonation events. This field shall be represented by an Event Identifier Record (see 5.3.18).
f) Fire Mission Index - This field shall identify the fire mission. If the fire mission is unknown this field shall contain NO_FIRE_MISSION. This field shall be represented by a 32-bit unsigned integer.
g) Location in World Coordinate - This field shall specify the location, in world coordinates, from which the munition was launched. This field shall be represented by a World Coordinates Record (see 5.3.34).
h) Burst Descriptor - This field shall describe the type of munition fired, the warhead, the fuse, the quantity, and the rate. This field shall be represented by a Burst Descriptor Record (see 5.3.7).
i) Velocity - This field shall specify the velocity of the fired munition at the point when the issuing simulation application intends the externally visible effects of the launch (e.g. exhaust plume or muzzle blast) to first become apparent. The velocity shall be represented in world coordinates. This field shall be represented by a Linear Velocity Vector Record (see 5.3.33.3).
j) Range - This field shall specify the range that an entity's fire control system has assumed in computing the fire control solution. This field shall be represented by a 32-bit floating point number in meters. For systems where range is unknown or unavailable, this field shall contain a value of zero.
The Fire PDU is represented in Table 34.
PDU Components:
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