| Subject | English | Thesaurus |
| mil., abbr. | Army Air Defense Program Plan | AADPP |
| abbr., mil., WMD | Assistant Secretary of Defense for Program Analysis and Evaluation | ASD (PA&E) |
| mil., abbr. | Assistant Secretary of Defense for Program Analysis and Evaluation | ASD(PA&E) |
| mil., abbr. | Assistant Secretary of Defense for Special Operations and Low Intensity Conflict | ASD (SO/LIC) |
| mil., abbr. | Assistant Secretary of Defense for Special Operations and Low-Intensity Conflicts | ASD/SOLIC |
| abbr., mil., WMD | Assistant to the Secretary of Defense for Nuclear and Chemical and Biological Defense Programs | ATSD(NCB) |
| mil., abbr. | Ballistic Missile Defense Program Office | BMDPO |
| transp., abbr. | Business and Defense Services Administration | BDSA (US) |
| abbr. | Business and Defense Services Administration | BDSA |
| abbr., mil. | Chemical and Biological Defense Program | CBDP (В. Бузаков) |
| mil., abbr. | Civil Air Defense Services | CADS |
| mil., abbr. | Civil Defense University Extension Program | CDUEP |
| China | Commission for Science, Technology and Industry for National Defense | COSTIND (MichaelBurov) |
| mil., abbr. | Defense Academic Research Support Program | DARSP |
| abbr., scottish | Defense Acquisition Improvement Program | DAIP (USA) |
| mil., abbr. | Defense Activity for Non-Traditional Educational Services | DANTES |
| mil., abbr. | Defense Advanced Language and Area Studies Program | DALASP |
| tech., abbr. | Defense Advanced Research Program Agency | DARPA |
| abbr., scottish | Defense Advisory Committee On Women In The Services | DACOWITS (USA) |
| mil., abbr. | Defense Airborne Reconnaissance Program | DARP |
| IT, abbr. | Defense Automation Resources Management Program | DARMP (Mil., USA) |
| abbr., scottish | Defense Contract Administration Services | DCAS (USA) |
| mil., abbr. | Defense Contract Administration Services | DCAS |
| abbr., scottish | Defense Contract Administration Services Office | DCASO (USA) |
| abbr., scottish | Defense Contract Administration Services Region | DCASR (USA) |
| mil., abbr. | Defense Counterdrug Intelligence Program | DCIP |
| mil., abbr. | Defense Cryptologic Program | DCP |
| mil., abbr. | Defense Development Exchange Program | DDEP |
| mil., abbr. | Defense Dissemination Program | DDP |
| mil., abbr. | Defense Dissemination Program Office | DDPO |
| abbr., scottish | Defense Diversification Program | DDP (USA) |
| abbr., scottish | Defense & Economic Co-operation Agreement | DECA (USA) |
| abbr., astronaut., mil. | Defense Enterprise Integration Services | DEIS |
| abbr., mil., WMD | Defense Environmental Restoration Program | DERP |
| mil., abbr. | Defense Facilities Directorate for Washington Headquarters Services | DFD-WHS |
| abbr., scottish | Defense Foreign Language Program | DFLP (USA) |
| mil., abbr. | Defense Foreign Language Program | DFLP |
| mil., abbr. | Defense General Intelligence Applications Program | DGIAP |
| mil., abbr. | Defense Imagery Program | DIP |
| mil., abbr. | Defense Industrial Facilities Protection Program | DIFPP |
| mil., abbr. | Defense Industrial Security Program | DISP |
| mil., abbr. | Defense Industry Studies Program | DISP |
| IT, abbr. | Defense Information System Security Program | DISSP (Mil., USA) |
| USA | Defense Information Systems Network - Leading Edge Services | DISN-LES |
| mil., abbr. | Defense Information Systems Security Program | DISSP |
| mil., abbr. | Defense Information Systems Technical Service Program | DISTSP |
| USA | Defense Information Technology Security Certification and Accreditation Program | DITSCAP |
| mil., abbr. | Defense Intelligence Counterdrug Program | DICP |
| mil., abbr. | Defense Intelligence Special Technologies Program | DISTP |
| mil., abbr. | Defense Intensity Motivation And Enthusiasm | DIME |
| mil., abbr. | Defense Language Program | DLP |
| USA | Defense Legal Services Agency | DLSA |
| abbr., scottish | Defense Logistics Services Center | DLSC (USA) |
| mil., abbr. | Defense Logistics Services Center | DLSC |
| mil., abbr. | Defense Logistics Studies Information Exchange Program | DLSIE |
| mil., abbr. | Defense Materiel Interservicing Program | DMIP |
| mil., abbr. | Defense Materiel Specifications and Standards Program | DMSSP |
| mil., abbr. | Defense Materiel Utilization Program | DMUP |
| mil., abbr. | Defense MC&G Program | DMC&GP |
| IT, abbr. | Defense Message System Transition Working Group | DMSTWG (organization, DMS, Mil., USA) |
| IT, abbr. | Defense Meteorological Satellite Program | DMSP (Space) |
| mil., abbr. | Defense Meteorological Satellite Program | DMSP |
| abbr., astronaut. | Defense Meteorological Satellite Programme | DMSP (US) |
| abbr., astronaut., mil. | Defense Meteorological Space Program | DMSP |
| abbr., astronaut., mil. | Defense Meteorological Support Program | DMSP |
| mil., abbr. | Defense Military Intelligence Program | DMIP |
| mil., abbr. | Defense Navigation Satellite Development Program | DNSDP |
| abbr., mil., WMD | Defense Occupational Health Readiness System Program Manager | DOHRS PM |
| polygr., abbr. | Defense Printing Services | DPS (US) |
| mil., abbr. | Defense Procurement Manufacturing Services | DPMS |
| abbr., mil., commer. | Defense Product Engineering Services Office | DPESO |
| mil., abbr. | Defense Program Analysis Center | DPAC |
| mil., abbr. | Defense Program Management Office | DPMO |
| abbr., mil., commer. | Defense Program Projection | DPP |
| mil., abbr. | Defense Program Review Committee | DPRC |
| mil., abbr. | Defense Reconnaissance Support Program | DRSP |
| mil., abbr. | Defense Red Switched Program | DRSP |
| mil., abbr. | Defense SAAMS Program Management Office | DSPMO |
| abbr., scottish | Defense Satellite Communications Program | DSCP (USA) |
| mil., abbr. | Defense Satellite Communications Program | DSCP |
| mil., abbr. | Defense Satellite Communications System Service Life Enhancement Program | DSC-SLEP |
| mil., abbr. | Defense Satellite Communications Systems Application Program | DSAP |
| mil., abbr. | Defense Satellite Program | DSP |
| mil., abbr. | Defense Science Program | DSP |
| mil., abbr. | Defense Sensor Imagery Application Training Programs | DSIATP |
| mil., abbr. | Defense Sensor Interpretation and Application Training Program | DSIATP |
| abbr., mil., commer. | Defense Services Network | DSN |
| mil., abbr. | Defense Space Reconnaissance Program | DSRP |
| mil., abbr. | Defense Standardization and Specification Program | DSSP |
| mil., abbr. | Defense Standardization Program | DSP |
| mil., abbr. | Defense Supply Agency Contract Administration Services | DSACAS |
| USA | Defense Support Program | Satellites that provide early warning of missile launches (JP 3-14) |
| abbr., scottish | Defense Support Program | DSP (USA) |
| mil., abbr. | Defense Support Program | DSP |
| mil., abbr. | Defense Support Program Office | DSPO |
| IT, abbr. | Defense Switched Services | DSS (Mil., USA) |
| abbr., scottish | Defense Technical Integration Services | DTIS (USA) |
| mil., abbr. | Defense Value Engineering Services Officer | DVESO |
| abbr., astronaut., mil. | Defense-wide Information Assurance Program | DIAP |
| abbr., astronaut., mil. | Defense-wide Information System Security Program | DISSP |
| abbr., scottish | Defense-wide Information Systems Security Program | DISSP (USA) |
| mil., abbr. | Defense Work Measurement Standard Time Data Program | DWMSTDP |
| mil., abbr. | Department of Defense Claimant Program | DDCP |
| mil., abbr. | Department of Defense Procurement and Logistics Cost Reduction Program | DDPLCRP |
| mil., abbr. | Department Of Defense Small Arms Serialization Program | DODSASP |
| abbr., mil., WMD | Deputy Director Acquisition Policy and Program Integration for Acquisition Systems Management, Office of the Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition | Dep Dir, ASM |
| abbr., mil., WMD | Director of Acquisition Program Integration, Office of the Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition | Dir, API |
| mil., abbr. | Director of Defense Program Analysis and Evaluation | DDPAE |
| abbr. | European Aeronautic Defense and Space Co | EADS (Olga Okuneva) |
| mil., abbr. | European Defense Improvement Program | EDIP |
| mil., abbr. | Fiscal Year Defense Program/Plan | FYDP |
| mil., abbr. | Five-Year Defense Program | FYDP |
| abbr., scottish | Future Years Defense Program | FYDP (USA) |
| mil., abbr. | Future Years Defense Program | FYDP |
| mil., abbr. | General Defense Intelligence Program | GDIP |
| mil., abbr. | General Defense Intelligence Proposed Program | GDIPP |
| abbr., scottish | Initial Defense Communications Satellite Program | IDCSP (USA) |
| mil., abbr. | Initial Defense Communications Satellite Program | IDCSP |
| mil., abbr. | Initial Defense Communications Satellite Program - Augmented | IDCSP-A |
| mil., abbr. | Initial Defense Satellite Communication Program | IDSCP |
| mil., abbr. | Joint Defense Intelligence Support Services | JDISS |
| abbr., scottish | Joint Program Office Biological Defense | JPOBD (USA) |
| mil., abbr. | Joint Tactical Missile Defense Program Office | JTMDPO |
| mil., abbr. | Joint Theater Missile Defense Program Office | JTMDPO |
| abbr., astronaut., mil. | Major Defense-Acquisition Program | MDAP |
| abbr., scottish | Major Defense Acquisition Program | MDAP (US DoD) |
| mil., abbr. | Major Defense Program | MDP |
| mil., abbr. | Military Attache for Defense Programs | MADP |
| abbr., scottish | Mutual Defense Assistance Program | MDAP (USA) |
| abbr., scottish | Mutual Defense Weapons Program | MDWP (USA) |
| mil., abbr. | National Aerospace And Defense Contractors Accreditation Program | NADCAP |
| mil., abbr. | NATO defense data program | NDDP |
| mil., abbr. | NATO Long-Term Defense Program | LTDP |
| abbr., scottish | Office of Defense Co-ordination | ODC (USA) |
| energ.ind., abbr. | Office of Defense Programs | DP |
| abbr., mil. | Office of Director of Defense Program Analysis and Evaluation | Office of the Secretary of Defense |
| mil., abbr. | Office of the Secretary of Defense, Office of Director of Defense Program Analysis and Evaluation | OSD |
| abbr., scottish | Program Executive Officer - Ship Defense | PEO-SD (USA) |
| abbr., scottish | Program on Non-violent Sanctions in conflict & defense | PNS (USA) |
| tech., abbr. | Royal United Services Institute for Defense Studies | RUSI |
| abbr., scottish | Strategic Defense Initiative Program | SDIP (USA) |
| mil., abbr. | Tactical Defense Dissemination Program | TDDP |
| abbr., scottish | Theatre Ballistic Missile Defense programme | TBMD (US Navy) |
| abbr., scottish | Vehicle Integrated Defense System programme | VIDS (USA) |
