National Stock Number (NSN) 5905-01-072-9880, or NIIN 010729880, (resistor,variable,nonwire wound,) was assigned March 7, 1979 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 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, with the most recent procurement date of May 16, 2011. There have been 3 contracts issued for this part number, with 3 awards given. The US Government has only awarded those contracts to one supplier. The last contract numbers awarded were: SPM7M911V5129, SPM7M911V5129, SPM7M911V5129, SPM7M911V5129, SPM7M911V5129. The total value of the awarded contracts has been US$ 47,880.00.
This NSN is somewhat common among different platforms, belonging to 2 different weapons systems.
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 Jul 01, 2020, 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 data or the rights to use the data needed to purchase this part from additional sources are not owned by the Government and it has been determined that it is uneconomical to purchase them. Valid AMCs: 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5.
This NSN is assigned to Item Name Code (INC) 37405. [A RESISTOR IN WHICH A SLIDING OR ROLLING CONTACT MOVES OVER AN EXPOSED AREA OF THE RESISTIVE ELEMENT TO CHANGE THE OHMIC VALUE OF THE OUTPUT. THE FUNCTIONAL TOLERANCE (LINEARITY), IF GIVEN, OF THE OUTPUT IS GREATER THAN PLUS OR MINUS 1 PERCENT ON LINEAR OUTPUTS. SPECIFIED OUTPUTS SUCH AS SINE, COSINE, TANGENT, AND THE LIKE, SHALL BE CONSIDERED TO BE PRECISION. FOR ITEMS HAVING MANUALLY POSITIONED TAPS DESIGNED TO BE SET AND FIXED PRIOR TO USE, SEE RESISTOR, ADJUSTABLE. FOR ITEMS WITH STEP BY STEP VARIATION, SEE RHEOSTAT AND RESISTOR, STEP BY STEP. FOR TANDEM-MOUNTED ITEMS DESIGNED TO FUNCTION TOGETHER AS AN ATTENUATOR (AND RATED ACCORDINGLY), SEE ATTENUATOR, VARIABLE. EXCLUDES:RESISTOR (1), VARIABLE, WIRE WOUND, NONPRECISION; RESISTOR (1), VARIABLE, NONWIRE WOUND PRECISION; AND RESISTOR (1), VARIABLE, WIRE WOUND, PRECISION.]. 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 5905010729880 does not contain precious metals.
This NSN is associated to Schedule B 8533400080: variable resistors, including potentiometers, nesoi. The Schedule B End Use is listed as electric apparatus.
This information was last updated on May 01, 2025.