Keyword: «military cadets»

The relevance is determined by the need to organize an improved educational process through the use of modern information means for cadets' training in the context of developing their ability to think strategically and predict the enemy's actions. For this purpose, it seems reasonable to develop scientifically substantiated methodology for the formation of operational-tactical competence of military cadets through the use of informatization elements. The purpose of the article is to consider the main aspects of formation of professional operational-tactical competence of future officers as a component of their readiness for professional activity, as well as the development of ways to improve tactical skills in the process of studying special tactical disciplines on the basis of the modern information technologies use. In order to achieve the set goal on the research topic, the method of studying and analyzing scientific and pedagogical literature was used, which made it possible to assess the importance and significance of professional operational-tactical competences for cadets of a military university. The empirical method was implemented in the article, which is represented by a survey of the head of the training department of the Syzran branch of the Air Force Academy named after Professor N.E. Zhukovsky and Y.A. Gagarin in order to analyze training curricula and assess the information and methodological support in the study of tactical disciplines. The main result of the study was the development of a conceptual content-functional model of formation of operational-tactical competences among future officers, containing the components of didactic complex in its structure, the implementation of which will contribute to the development of professional competences of military cadets. The authors prove the importance of simulation modeling in the process of studying the disciplines "General Tactics" and "Tactics of Army Aviation", the use of which is aimed at activating the knowledge potential obtained during training. Theoretical significance of the study is due to the contribution to the development of scientific ideas about the methodology of cadets’ operational-tactical competences formation. Practical application of the results of the work is associated with the possibility of implementing the proposed model in the system of training future officers. Prospects for further research are associated with the approbation of the methodological foundations of simulation modeling technology in the learning process in the context of the formation of professional operational-tactical competence of future officers.