The Type 24 Electronic Warfare System is an electronic warfare system owned and operated by the Japan Ground Self-Defense Force. It is specifically designed to counter adverse airborne early warning and control capabilities through attacking their radars through non-kinetic means so as to enhance ground combatant survivability and lethality.
Operators
deployed by the JGSDF
Production
Fiscal year Cost (¥ billion) QuantityNotesTarget total– 2027––2026¥ 5222025¥ 6422024¥ 901Total¥ 2065–
Operational History
2020: procurement and initial field testings of the Type 24 Counter-Air Electronic Warfare System prototype January 25th, 2024: it's announced during the official new selected equipment result announcement that procurement will start in 2024 and the system will then begins mass production. September 3rd, 2024: the Minister of Defense announced the budgeted procurement of two systems during a news conference.
References
See also List of equipment of the Japan Ground Self-Defense Forces Electronic countermeasure