National Stock Number (NSN) 4820-01-168-2248, or NIIN 011682248, (valve,flow control) was assigned December 14, 1983 in the Federal Logistics Information System (FLIS). This NIIN is Available for Manual Assignment. This NSN replaces 1 stock number, 4810010882876.
There are 5 manufacturer part numbers associated with this NSN. 3 of those part number(s) are considered obsolete. The manufacturer part numbers were originally supplied by 4 suppliers. Today, 4 suppliers are listed as Active suppliers for this NSN. Of the active suppliers, 3 suppliers are deemed design controlled or valid supply parts. ISO Group has several sources of supply for this NSN.
This part number has not been procured by the US Government in over 5 years, with the most recent procurement date of Mar 22, 2019. There have been 29 contracts issued for this part number, with 29 awards given. There is moderate competition for this NSN. The US Government has awarded contracts to 9 different suppliers. The last contract numbers awarded were: SPE7M819P1971, SPE7M219V0912, SPE7M218P2341, SPE7MC18P5439, SPE7MC18P3032. The total value of the awarded contracts has been US$ 615,815.13.
This NSN is very common among different weapons systems, belonging to 26 different platforms.
There has been a moderate 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 13, 2010, this NSN's acquisition method was noted as: Acquire directly from the actual manufacturer, whether or not the prime contractor is the actual manufacturer. The Government physically does not have in its possession sufficient, accurate, or legible data to purchase this part from other than current source(s). (NOTE: This code is applicable only to parts under immediate buy requirements and only as long as the deficiency is under review for resolution and appropriate recoding.) Valid AMCs: 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5.
This NSN is assigned to Item Name Code (INC) 45506. [AN INLINE OR CARTRIDGE TYPE ITEM DESIGNED TO CONTROL THE FLOW OF FLUIDS WITHIN A CLOSED SYSTEM. EXCLUDES ITEMS ACTUATED BY A PREDETERMINED PRESSURE AND/OR TEMPERATURE, ITEMS DESIGNED FOR USE WITH BREATHING GASSES, OR THOSE DESIGNED TO VENT OR CALIBRATE FLUIDS.]. 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 4820011682248 does not contain precious metals.
This NSN is associated to Schedule B 8481809015: regulator valves, self-operating, for controlling variables such as temperature, pressure, flow and liquid level. 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.