sustainment
Noun
Meaning
The act of sustaining; maintenance; support.
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they were in want of sustenance
fishing was their main sustainment
5. Provide sustainment and/or long-term viability of acquired capabilities. 6. Improve cost-effectiveness of operations. 7. Improve accountability and transparency in the DND.
Australia also signed a US$80.7M contract to join the global 'virtual fleet' C-17 sustainment program McLaughlin 2008, p. 42. and the RAAF's C-17s will receive the same upgrades as the USAF's fleet.
Agriculture, he suggests, was "a desperate act of post-apocalyptic sustainment" and not the continual improvement as we usually view it.
Replacing the E-8C avoids nearly $11 billion in operations and sustainment costs needed to keep the fleet relevant and airworthy.