National Stock Number
5910-00-818-6491
National Stock Number (NSN) 5910-00-818-6491, or NIIN 008186491, (capacitor,variable,mica dielectr) was assigned January 1, 1963 in the Federal Logistics Information System (FLIS). This NIIN is Available for Manual Assignment. This NSN replaces 3 stock numbers: 5910007844186, 5910008518769, 5910009764350.
There are 8 manufacturer part numbers associated with this NSN. 7 of those part number(s) are considered obsolete. The manufacturer part numbers were originally supplied by 7 suppliers. Today, 4 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.
This NSN is fairly common among different weapons systems, belonging to 15 different platforms.
Based on a planned procurement review by the Primary Inventory Control Activity (PICA) on Jan 01, 2013, 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) 00722. [A CAPACITOR WHOSE CAPACITANCE VALUE IS CONTROLLED BY A MECHANICAL MEANS WHICH EFFECTS A CONTINUOUS VARIATION OF ITS CAPACITANCE. IT INCLUDES ITEMS CONSISTING OF TWO OR MORE VARIABLE CAPACITORS WHICH ARE INSEPARABLE.]. This item does not have a nuclear hardened feature but does have other critical feature(s) such as tolerance, fit restriction or application. There is no information in the HMIRS; however, the NSN is in an FSC in Table II of Federal Standard 313 and an MSDS may be required by the user. The requirement for an MSDS is dependent on a hazard determination of the supplier or the intended end use of the product. NSN 5910008186491 contains an unknown precious metal.
This NSN is associated to Schedule B 8532290020: fixed capacitors, mica dielectric, nesoi. The Schedule B End Use is listed as electric apparatus.
This information was last updated on Aug 01, 2025.