National Stock Number (NSN) 6685-01-550-5538, or NIIN 015505538, (transmitter,temperature,electric) was assigned April 23, 2007 in the Federal Logistics Information System (FLIS). This NIIN is Available for Manual Assignment. This NSN replaces 1 stock number, 6685015455923.
There are 2 manufacturer part numbers associated with this NSN. One 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, 3 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 23 contracts issued for this part number, with 21 awards given. There is moderate competition for this NSN. The US Government has awarded contracts to 6 different suppliers. The last contract numbers awarded were: SPE4A524P2839, SPE7M121FAP0P, SPE7M121FAG2L, SPE7M121FA3NE, SPE7M121FA1CS. The total value of the awarded contracts has been US$ 2,237.17.
This NSN is somewhat common among different platforms, belonging to 3 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 Mar 14, 2010, 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 is a commercial/non-developmental/off-the-shelf-item. 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 6685015505538 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 Jul 01, 2025.