The Army blimp that roamed free last week will be the last of its kind. After the Oct. 28 fiasco, the Pentagon is indefinitely suspending the surveillance blimp program, which was slated to continue for three entire years.

Apparently, the Army had been hoping to kill the $2.7 billion JLENS (Joint Land Attack Cruise Missile Defense Elevated Netted Sensor) program for some time. The two blimps in the JLENS programs were outfitted with top-of-the-line surveillance and radar gear in order to achieve 360 degree situational awareness. However, they are incredibly costly to build and didn’t meet Army expectations.

Policymakers compared JLENS to a zombie because it ate away at Pentagon funding without providing anything in return, and the only way to stop that cycle was to take JLENS around back and put it out of its misery. However, supporters of the program secured a contract for a three-year “operational exercise” to keep the zombie fed and healthy instead of ending it for good.

When an Army blimp got loose and floated across Pennsylvania, it was the final nail in the coffin for the Army’s missile surveillance program. The military branch is suspending the program until it investigates the runaway blimp incident–a process that is sure to take a long time and eventually kill JLENS for good.

“Now is the perfect time to get rid of a ‘zombie program’ that doesn’t provide an advantage over aircraft that we’ve already bought,” Rep. Jackie Speier said.