National Stock Number
5855-01-683-7522
National Stock Number (NSN) 5855-01-683-7522, or NIIN 016837522, (forward looking infrared imaging) was assigned October 4, 2019 in the Federal Logistics Information System (FLIS). 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 2 suppliers. Today, 2 suppliers are listed as Active suppliers for this NSN. Of the active suppliers, only one supplier is deemed design controlled or valid supply parts.
This part number has not been procured by the US Government in over 5 years.
There has been very little 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 Oct 05, 2019, this NSN's acquisition method was noted as: Not established. Not established.
This NSN is assigned to Item Name Code (INC) 45711. [A COMBINATION OF ITEMS SUCH AS A RECEIVER, INFRARED; TRANSMITTER, INFRARED, A DISPLAY UNIT, AND THE LIKE THAT TOGETHER SCAN A TWO-DIMENSIONAL PLANE FOR A FORWARD FIELD OF VISION. IT OPTICALLY IMAGES THE INFRARED COMPONENT OF THE OBJECT PLANE SCENE ONTO DETECTORS, WHICH GENERATE CODED ELECTRICAL/ELECTRONIC OUTPUT REPRESENTING THE SCENE AS A MOVING VISIBLE IMAGE. EXCLUDES:THERMAL IMAGING SYSTEM.]. 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 5855016837522 does not contain precious metals.
This information was last updated on Aug 01, 2025.