National Stock Number (NSN) 6685-00-844-4606, or NIIN 008444606, (transmitter,temperature,electric) was assigned December 30, 1966 in the Federal Logistics Information System (FLIS). This NIIN is Available for Manual Assignment. This NSN replaces 5 stock numbers: 6685010209388, 6685010118887, 6685010496241, 6685003894467, 6685001238047.
There are 8 manufacturer part numbers associated with this NSN. 6 of those part number(s) are considered obsolete. The manufacturer part numbers were originally supplied by 11 suppliers. Today, 6 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 Nov 21, 2014. There has been one contract issued for this part number, with one award given. The US Government has only awarded those contracts to one supplier. The last contract numbers awarded were: SPE4A415V3217. The total value of the awarded contracts has been US$ 1,356.48.
This NSN is somewhat common among different platforms, belonging to 9 different weapons systems.
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 Nov 08, 2014, 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 does not have adequate data, lacks rights to data, or both, needed to purchase this part from additional sources. Valid AMCs: 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5.
This NSN is assigned to Item Name Code (INC) 20340. [A DEVICE HAVING A TEMPERATURE SENSING ELEMENT WHOSE ELECTRICAL RESISTANCE VARIES WITH A CHANGE IN TEMPERATURE. IT IS DESIGNED TO TRANSMIT INFORMATION RELATIVE TO TEMPERATURE TO AN INDICATOR, TEMPERATURE, ELECTRICAL RESISTANCE. IT MAY BE A COMPONENT PART OF A THERMOMETER, INDICATING, RESISTANCE; THERMOMETER, RECORDING, RESISTANCE. EXCLUDES:THERMOCOUPLE (AS MODIFIED).]. This item does not have a nuclear hardened feature or any other critical feature 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 6685008444606 does not contain precious metals.
This NSN is associated to Schedule B 9027502000: thermal analysis instruments and apparatus. The Schedule B End Use is listed as laboratory testing instruments. NAICS classification category 334516: analytical laboratory instrument manufacturing.
This information was last updated on Aug 01, 2025.