Commonality
Date of Publication:
8/23/2017
Definition:
A quality that applies to materiel or systems:
a. possessing like and interchangeable characteristics enabling each to be utilized, or operated and maintained, by personnel trained on the others without additional specialized training;
b. having interchangeable repair parts and/or components; and
c. applies to consumable items interchangeably equivalent without adjustment.
Source of Definition:
DOD Instruction 6430.02: Defense Medical Logistics Program