National Stock Number
5977-01-173-2668
National Stock Number (NSN) 5977-01-173-2668, or NIIN 011732668, (electrode,low water) was assigned March 5, 1984 in the Federal Logistics Information System (FLIS). This NSN replaces 1 stock number, 7310012243090.
There is only one manufacturer part number 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 a year. There have been 10 contracts issued for this part number, with 10 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: SPE4A624PB981, SPE4A624P8003, SPE4A619V8847, SPE4A418V3109, SPE4A616ME282. The total value of the awarded contracts has been US$ 45,212.57.
This NSN is fairly common among different weapons systems, belonging to 12 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 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 data needed to produce this item from additional sources is not physically available. Valid AMCs: 3, 4 and 5.
This NSN is assigned to Item Name Code (INC) 77777. 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 5977011732668 does not contain precious metals.
This information was last updated on Aug 01, 2025.