English > United States Department of Defense: 1 sense > noun 1, group| Meaning | The federal department responsible / responsible for safeguarding national security of the United States; created in 1947. |
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| Synonyms | Department of Defense, Defense Department, Defense, DoD |
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| Parts | Ballistic Missile Defense Organization, BMDO | An agency in the Department of Defense that is responsible / responsible for making ballistic missile defense a reality |
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| Casualty Care Research Center, CCRC | An agency in the Department of Defense that is a national center for research on all aspects of injury control and casualty care |
| Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, DARPA | The central research and development organization for the United States Department of Defense |
| Defense Information Systems Agency, DISA | A combat support agency in the Department of Defense responsible / responsible for developing and operating and supporting information systems to serve the needs of the President / President and the Secretary ... / Secretary of Defense and the Joint Chiefs of Staff |
| Defense Intelligence Agency, DIA | An intelligence agency of the United States in the Department of Defense |
| Defense Logistics Agency | A logistics combat support agency in the Department of Defense |
| Defense Technical Information Center, DTIC | The agency in the Department of Defense that provides scientific and technical information to federal agencies and their contractors |
| Department of Defense Laboratory System, LABLINK | A defense laboratory that provides essential services in fundamental science for national security and environmental protection and provides technologies that contribute to industrial competitiveness |
| National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency, NGA | A combat support agency that provides geographic intelligence in support of national security |
| National Reconnaissance Office, NRO | An intelligence agency in the United States Department of Defense that designs and builds and operates space reconnaissance systems to detect trouble spots worldwide / worldwide and to monitor arms control agreements and environmental issues and to help plan military operations |
| National Security Agency, NSA | The United States cryptologic organization that coordinates and directs highly specialized activities to protect United States information systems and to produce foreign / foreign intelligence information |
| United States Air Force, U. S. Air Force, US Air Force, Air Force, USAF | The airforce of the United States of America |
| United States Army, US Army, U. S. Army, Army, USA | The army of the United States of America |
| United States Navy, US Navy, USN, Navy | The navy of the United States of America |
| Broader | executive department | A federal department in the executive branch of the government of the United States |
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| Spanish | defensa, Departamento de Defensa, Department of Defense, DoD, ministerio de defensa, United States Department of Defense |
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| Catalan | defensa, ministeri de defensa |
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