The Boeing Co. program to develop a large, unmanned combat jet for the Air Force has been canceled, but the company said it will shift its efforts to an unmanned version for the Navy.
About 233 Boeing employees, mostly software engineers, have been working on the X-45C program in the Puget Sound area. It is not clear if they will continue with the Navy plane or be used for other work programs with Boeing's defense and space unit.
The Joint Unmanned Combat Air Systems included about $800 million to build three X-45C unmanned combat vehicles for the Air Force. The first, which was being built in St. Louis, was to have been ready for ground testing in California later this year.
Boeing released a statement Thursday that the X-45C project was over.
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