National Stock Number (NSN) 4720-00-555-1838, or NIIN 005551838, (hose,air duct) was assigned January 1, 1963 in the Federal Logistics Information System (FLIS). This NIIN is Available for Manual Assignment. This NSN replaces 1 stock number, 4720004090776.
There are 2 manufacturer part numbers associated with this NSN. None of the associated part number(s) are considered obsolete. The manufacturer part numbers were originally supplied by one supplier. Today, one supplier is listed as an Active supplier 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 Aug 17, 2011. 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: SPM7M411V5305. The total value of the awarded contracts has been US$ 179.94.
This NSN is somewhat common among different platforms, belonging to 2 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 Apr 02, 2005, this NSN's acquisition method was noted as: Suitable for Competitive Acquisition. (Potential sources shall include dealers/distributors.) 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) 11116. [A FLEXIBLE, TUBULAR ITEM OF LIGHT WALL CONSTRUCTION. IT MUST HAVE SINGLE OR MULTIPLE LAYERS OF NONMETALLIC MATERIAL, BUT MAY CONTAIN METAL WIRE REINFORCEMENT, FOIL TYPE LINER, AND/OR WOVEN OR BRAIDED COVER. IT IS DESIGNED TO CONVEY UNDER LOW PRESSURE GASEOUS MATERIAL, SUCH AS AIR AND FUMES, AND LIGHT WEIGHT SOLID MATERIALS, SUCH AS DUST, POWDERS, AND FIBERS. FOR ITEMS WITH COUPLINGS, SEE HOSE ASSEMBLY, AIR DUCT. FOR ITEMS OF SLEEVE SECTION DESIGN RATED FOR HIGH PRESSURE USE, SEE SLEEVE, SEAL, COUPLING. EXCLUDES:HOSE, NONMETALLIC.]. 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 4720005551838 contains an unknown precious metal.
This information was last updated on May 01, 2025.