What does DEF-STAN stand for?

Defence Standard (UK equivalent of MIL STD)

This definition appears very rarely and is found in the following Acronym Finder categories:

Military and Government

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Samples in periodicals archive:

A recent departmental review by former defence special advisor Bernard Gray found the average defence programme was five years late into service and pounds 300m over budget - a result of what Robin Fox would describe as the "potato store" syndrome, a typical scenario in which many unnecessary hours and several hundred thousand pounds were spent making small changes to the spud racks of a naval warship designed overseas just so they fell into line with the MoD's exacting Defence Standards.

Battle lines drawn over MoD spending; With pressure mounting to cut ...

An MoD spokesman denied the reports and insisted there was insufficient evidence the software met UK Defence Standards.

MoD issues denial over Chinooks; DEFENCE

Each building has 51 room modules that will be mass produced to Ministry of Defence standards on a new production line at Corus' Shotton works.

pounds 92m Army job for Corus Living