Main tasks of the department include:

preparing the proposals for the implementation of strategic planning of national security and defense at national level;

preparing the proposals for ensuring the formation and implementation of the state military and industrial policy, development of defense and industrial complex;

coordination of activities on the implementation of state defense orders;

participation in preparing the proposals for the formation and implementation of state policy in the area of space activities;

ensuring the formation of state policy in the area of state export control;

ensuring the formation of state policy in the area of state material reserve;

preparing the conclusions on the economic feasibility and possible amount of allocations from the reserve fund of the state budget;

participation in the implementation of military and technical cooperation;

coordination of offset activity;

ensuring the cooperation between Ukraine and NATO and member states of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization in the area of economic security.