Challenges to national defence in contemporary geopolitical situation

In the paper the problematic issues of the military control automation processes and improving of the control level through the introduction of the geoinformation and special information component in the military control process are shown. The improving of the quality and efficiency of the control system can be achieved by automating control, that in turn affects the combat effectiveness of the troops (forces). The implementation of the process of command and control automation requires the using a single geoinformation framework and specialized software products for geospatial data processing.