The development of radio-electronic warfare systems becomes the most effective, fast-performing, cost-effective, and sometimes the only possible devices, which neutralizes the technical advantage of the opposite side in the information and technology spheres. The main increase in combat potentials in the near future will be possible through the use of intelligent command and control systems for troops and weapons, as well as the use of weapons that use unconventional devices of influencing the enemy. The authors of the research found that equipping weapons with the devices and complexes of electronic warfare can repeatedly increase their combat potential and reduce possible losses. In this case, the cost of electronic warfare technology is one percent in relation to the cost of major types of weapons. In the course of the research, the authors used the basic provisions of the theory of electronic warfare, the theory of communication, the theory of signals, and general scientific methods of analysis and synthesis. The authors found that the most important areas of research for the development of electronic warfare systems are: integration of forces and devices of electronic warfare with an intelligence and fire damage in a single information and communication space of all types of armed forces; creation of systems of radio engineering intelligence (passive location) for the reliable disclosure of electronic equipment and high-precision location of objects; Improvement of signal monitoring system in various physical fields. The principal features of the construction of advanced devices and complexes of electronic warfare are: ultra-wide radio engineering part of the equipment (more than 3 octaves); necessity of realization of parallel signal processing of received radio signals in the instant band of frequencies equal to several gigahertz; the maximum increase in the functional density of the apparatus implementation to reduce its mass and overall performance and ensure the possibility of its system integration; limit unification of basic digital elements of equipment, which allows to reduce the cost, facilitate the processes of modification and modernization of equipment. Taking into account the above, the direction of further research should be considered the development of methods for increasing the effectiveness of radio-electronic suppression.