A key partner in delivering mdern military training
Under contract to the German Armed Forces (Bundeswehr), Serco provides operational support services at one of Europe's most advanced combat training centres, in Saxony-Anhalt.
The Colbitz-Letzlinger Heide centre is one of the army's battle training facilities. Here, Serco manages all the logistical and technological support tasks, centralised in a support centre, to enable task forces up to the size of a battalion to be trained in realistic battlefield conditions.
The centre uses the most advanced simulation and communications technology. Each year, more than 20 two week exercises are carried out, during which up to 1,500 soldiers and 600 combat and transport vehicles take part. Each movement made by a soldier or vehicle can be observed in real time and used to assess the simulated battle immediately after the event.