In the article two models of national economic development are considered. The preferability of the second model is substantiated, which involves the formation, through legislation, of a system capable of regulating the market, and the creation of mechanisms protecting the legitimate interests of all subjects of the economic relations. When choosing from development alternatives, the knowledge of the subject at the moment of decision-making proves to be a decisive factor, therefore for each model the solution of the problem of information support is broken into some stages. It is shown that the competitiveness of domestic industrial production, including the military-industrial complex, can be ensured by the clever use of three factors: continuous innovating and the understanding of the importance of its acceleration; the ongoing, lifelong retraining of the working personnel; the shift to the automated production and automation of administrative activity at all levels.