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No, but the basic functionality does get unlocked by several of the DLC (WTT and LaR from recollection) as its needed for certain focus tree stuff. You still need DoD for getting the supporting techs and such as well.
Even when going back to patch 1.4.2 (before WtT) the basic functionality is unlocked with DoD disabled. NGameDLC::EGameDLCFeature has no entry for equipment conversion. Seems like the check was never implemented to begin with.