He pays about $1 million a year for technical support and maintenance.
The company will also close some ground support and maintenance operations.
A "bike buddy" will offer support and maintenance tips and help you devise the safest and quickest route to work.
Aircraft manufacturers are no longer able to provide support and maintenance for the obsolescent fleet, he added.
BAE Systems, which part-builds and has a support and maintenance contract for the UK's Typhoons, also refused to be drawn, particularly over any deal with Oman.
Local traders expressed relief that the plant, with its well-paid workers and huge needs for support and maintenance, would be saved.
A spokesman, Tyler Gronbach, said contractors and vendors who perform support and maintenance jobs received a memo yesterday telling them to suspend work immediately on their projects.
One provided for the appropriation of crown lands (one-eighth of all future grants) "for the support and maintenance of a Protestant clergy".
The state can require alimony, child support and maintenance payments to ensure that any children live in similar circumstances no matter which parent's home they sleep in.
Established by the Constitutional Act of 1791 "for the support and maintenance of a Protestant clergy," the Clergy Reserves amounted to one-seventh of all land grants.
The fund also made money in the 3Com Corporation, based in Marlborough, Mass., which provides data and networking products, and support and maintenance services to commercial businesses and public sector organizations.
