The Federal Department of Defence, Civil Protection and Sport (DDPS, German: Eidgenössisches Departement für Verteidigung, Bevölkerungsschutz und Sport, French: Département fédéral de la défense, de la protection de la population et des sports, Italian: Dipartimento federale della difesa, della protezione della popolazione e dello sport, Romansh: Departament federal da defensiun, protecziun da la populaziun e sport^ⓘ) is one of the seven departments of the Swiss federal government. It is headed by a member of the Swiss Federal Council, the Swiss defence minister.

The department is composed of the following administrative units:^[2]

• General Secretariat
• Swiss Armed Forces
  • Land Forces
  • Air Force
  • Armed Forces Logistics Organisation
  • Armed Forces Command Support Organisation
• Federal Office for Civil Protection (FOCP)
  • Coordination of the civil protection services of the cantons and municipalities
  • National Emergency Operations Centre
  • Spiez Laboratory, responsible for weapons of mass destruction research and protection
• Federal Office of Sport:^[3] responsible for sport policy, the National Youth Sports Centre Tenero and the Youth and Sport organisation.
• Federal Office for Defence Procurement (armasuisse): Responsible for armaments procurement, technology and research
• Federal Office of Topography (Swisstopo): compiles and manages geographical reference data and maps
• Office of the Armed Forces Attorney General / Military Justice: The military prosecutor's office.
• Federal Intelligence Service (FIS): Switzerland's civil intelligence service.

• 1848: Military Department
• 1979: Federal Military Department
• Since 1998: Federal Department of Defence, Civil Protection and Sport

• Sport in Switzerland