BISON COUNTER 23
The “Exercise Bison Counter 23 (BC23)” that will take place in Zaragoza, Spain, from 8 to 24 November 2023, is pursuant to the objectives of the Bison Counter C-IED Exercises Capability Building (BC-EX) Cat B Project, one of the current EDA initiatives supporting the implementation of the EU Capability Development Priority “Develop C-IED and CBRNe Capabilities Based on Newly Available Technology and Training (Ground Combat Capabilities, Enhance Protection of Forces module)”.
Bison Counter is a series of live multinational exercises covering all C-IED enabling capabilities (planning and prioritization, search, detection, disposal, collection of exploitable materials, laboratorial technical exploitation). Its objective is to train the technical level skills, to integrate the technical enablers at the tactical level and to validate the full C-IED operational cycle.
The purpose of the BC23 will be to deploy a multinational C-IED Task Force within a dynamic operational scenario containing elements both of irregular and conventional threats.
operational scenario containing elements both of irregular and conventional threats.