Ab s t r a c t. According to the Military doctrine of Ukraine, one of the central tasks is to reform the Armed Forces of Ukraine in order to achieve interoperability and technical compatibility with the armed forces of NATO member states, as well as adherence to the standards of work, division of functions and core tasks adopted in the EU and NATO member states. Today, there is a need to improve the system of communication between governing bodies in the military management system. However, the slow pace of implementation of NATO standards is significantly hampering this process. One reason for this is the lack of attention to the adaptation of the Ukrainian Armed Forces' operational planning system to similar systems used in NATO countries. The article analyzes the principal principles of the communications organization and discusses the key steps involved in developing an operational plan based on the capabilities of NATO member countries. Since communication planning is one of the major elements of NATO operations planning, the authors of that article analyzed the operational planning of the communications and information system planning, taking into account the need to align Ukraine's Armed Forces management systems with NATO standards. During the research, the authors examined the main steps involved in planning the communications system, identified the factors that influence its planning process. Therefore, a promising direction for further research by the authors should be considered the justification of ways to improve the planning process of the Armed Forces communications system and detailed research of NATO documentation and standards, in terms of organization and planning of communications, in order to explain the requirements for the military management system in Ukraine. This will allow the harmonization (integration) of Ukraine's national development plans with the NATO defense plan. K e ywor d s : standards; capability; NATO; Armed Forces of Ukraine; duration system; operational planning; process.