National Stock Number (NSN) 4820-00-960-8512, or NIIN 009608512, (stem,needle valve) was assigned January 1, 1962 in the Federal Logistics Information System (FLIS). This NIIN is Available for Manual Assignment. This NSN does not replace any other NSNs.
There is only one manufacturer part number associated with this NSN. None of the associated part number(s) are considered obsolete. The manufacturer part numbers were originally supplied by one supplier. Today, one supplier is listed as an Active supplier for this NSN. Of the active suppliers, only one supplier is deemed design controlled or valid supply parts. ISO Group has several sources of supply for this NSN.
This part number has been procured by the US Government within the last year, but shows no recent (last 90 days) procurement activity. There have been 14 contracts issued for this part number, with 13 awards given. The US Government has only awarded those contracts to one supplier. The last contract numbers awarded were: SPE7M425P3152, SPE7M423V1154, SPE7M422V4389, SPE7M320V3873, SPE7M019V3969. The total value of the awarded contracts has been US$ 166,808.62.
This NSN is fairly common among different weapons systems, belonging to 13 different platforms.
There has been a small amount of demand for this national stock number. The demand for this NSN originated from less than 5 countries. Based on a planned procurement review by the Primary Inventory Control Activity (PICA) on Apr 02, 2006, this NSN's acquisition method was noted as: Acquire directly from the actual manufacturer, whether or not the prime contractor is the actual manufacturer. This part requires engineering source approval by the design control activity in order to maintain the quality of the part. An alternate source must qualify in accordance with the design control activity's procedures, as approved by the cognizant Government engineering activity. Valid AMCs: 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5.
This NSN is assigned to Item Name Code (INC) 28686. [A METALLIC, NEEDLE SHAPED ITEM HAVING A ONE-PIECE STEM THREADED FOR SECURING TO, OR POSITIONING INTO, A MATING PART. THE POINT MAY BE OF VARIOUS ANGLES OR SHAPES, SUCH AS CONICAL OR TAPERED, TO CORRESPOND WITH THE MATING SEAT. THE ITEM IS DESIGNED FOR THE FINE CONTROL FLOW OR RESTRICTION OF LIQUIDS OR GASES IN A GIVEN SYSTEM. IT MAY BE PROVIDED WITH A KNURLED HEAD FOR ROTATION BY THUMBS AND FINGERS, OR BE DRIVEN WITH EITHER A WRENCH, HANDLE, OR INSERTED DRIVER. EXCLUDES VALVE, FUEL-AIR MIXTURE CONTROL, AUTOMATIC.]. This item does not have a nuclear hardened feature or any other critical feature such as tolerance, fit restriction or application. There is no data in the HMIRS and the NSN is in an FSC not generally suspected of containing hazardous materials. NSN 4820009608512 contains an unknown precious metal.
This NSN is associated to Schedule B 8481909090: parts of taps, cocks, valves and similar appliances, nesoi. The Schedule B End Use is listed as industrial machines, other. NAICS classification category 332911: industrial valve manufacturing.
This information was last updated on Jul 01, 2025.