National Stock Number (NSN) 5961-00-859-1279, or NIIN 008591279, (retainer,semiconductor device) was assigned January 1, 1962 in the Federal Logistics Information System (FLIS). This NIIN is Available for Manual Assignment. This NSN does not replace any other NSNs.
There are 5 manufacturer part numbers associated with this NSN. 3 of those part number(s) are considered obsolete. The manufacturer part numbers were originally supplied by 2 suppliers. 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 Nov 20, 2009. 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: SPM7M510M1088. The total value of the awarded contracts has been US$ 300.00.
This NSN is somewhat common among different platforms, belonging to 3 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 Aug 02, 2006, 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 cost to the Government to breakout this part and acquire it competitively has been determined to exceed the projected savings over the life span of the part. Valid AMCs: 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5.
This NSN is assigned to Item Name Code (INC) 37244. [AN ITEM PRIMARILY DESIGNED TO POSITION AND/OR RESTRAIN THE MOVEMENT OF ONE OR MORE SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES IN THEIR NORMAL OPERATING POSITION. EXCLUDES:CLIP (1), ELECTRICAL; CLAMP (1), LOOP; HOLDER, SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE; HOLDER (1), CRYSTAL UNIT; RETAINER, CRYSTAL HOLDER; AND STRAP, RETAINING. SEE ALSO HEAT SINK, ELECTRICAL-ELECTRONIC COMPONENT AND SOCKET, PLUG-IN ELECTRONIC COMPONENTS.]. 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 5961008591279 does not contain precious metals.
This NSN is associated to Schedule B 8541900000: diode, transistor & similar semiconductor device parts. The Schedule B End Use is listed as semiconductors. NAICS classification category 334413: semiconductor and related device manufacturing.
This information was last updated on Jul 01, 2025.