National Stock Number
5945-00-468-6465
National Stock Number (NSN) 5945-00-468-6465, or NIIN 004686465, (relay,thermal) was assigned January 1, 1963 in the Federal Logistics Information System (FLIS). This NIIN is Available for Manual Assignment. This NSN replaces 4 stock numbers: 5945002591701, 5945012120650, 5945011417481, 5945004486713.
There are 10 manufacturer part numbers associated with this NSN. 6 of those part number(s) are considered obsolete. The manufacturer part numbers were originally supplied by 5 suppliers. Today, 4 suppliers are listed as Active suppliers for this NSN. Of the active suppliers, 2 suppliers are deemed design controlled or valid supply parts.
This part number has not been procured by the US Government in over a year. There have been 33 contracts issued for this part number, with 32 awards given. There is moderate competition for this NSN. The US Government has awarded contracts to 10 different suppliers. The last contract numbers awarded were: SPE7M425F0318, SPE7M425F0108, SPE7M424F1504, SPE7M424F1239, SPE7M424F0510. The total value of the awarded contracts has been US$ 884,543.83.
This NSN is fairly common among different weapons systems, belonging to 19 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 May 22, 2009, 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) 03883. [A RELAY SWITCH WHICH IS ACTUATED BY THE EFFECT OF INTERNAL HEAT GENERATED BY THE CURRENT IN ITS ENERGIZING CIRCUIT. FOR ITEMS ACTUATED BY AMBIENT, RATHER THAN INTERNAL TEMPERATURE CHANGES, SEE SWITCH, THERMOSTATIC.]. 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 5945004686465 does not contain precious metals.
This information was last updated on Aug 01, 2025.