The organization of production is based on technological preparation processes and subsequent tests for certification of a new product line. The existing methodology for organizing production is based on the basic structures of production technologies that include heterogeneous technological systems with a control superstructure and pronounced standard group elements that make up the integrity of any technology: personnel, equipment, materials and processes. Changing the standard element will change the state of the technological system; therefore, the introduction of the SMED methodology for the technological preparation processes of organizing new production or the optimization of existing production cycles will lead to a reduction in typical losses and a decrease in production cycle costs.

In conditions when the volume of government orders for defense products may significantly decline, enterprises of the radioelectronic industry are faced with the need to move to civilian product markets, which will stabilize the order portfolio and reduce macroeconomic and technological risks. The article presents the main approaches to the analysis of the trend potential of complex technical systems on the example of unmanned aerial vehicles. Methods for assessing the quality of complex technical systems at different stages of the development of the potential of complex technical systems in the structure of the life cycle are proposed. A hypothetical fragment of a chronological analysis of the potential state of complex technical systems with a planning horizon of five to ten years is presented. The proposed approaches and mathematical models make it possible to predict the potential and to optimize the consumer characteristics of complex technical systems, based on the requirements of customers, the development of their needs, as well as on the implementation of advanced standardization.

The article discusses the problems of forecasting technical and consumer characteristics at designing or modernization of complex technical systems. The model of the technique of complex technical system potential monitoring is proposed, it consists of two successive stages: analysis of technical level of the researched object relatively to its competitor and forecasting changes of consumer characteristics of the leading analogue for studied object using the moving average method. The methodology algorithm for monitoring of potential of a complex technical systems has been developed. The features of the developed methodology connected with obtaining of analytical data basing on which the enterprise becomes able to control the trends of complex technical systems modernization are indicated. Also the renewal of knowledge information bank will promote development of flexibility of small-scale production technological processes and adaptation to the factors of external competitive environment, adjusting itself to the needs of the current customer without extra human and financial resources.