Feb 4 (Reuters) - Boeing is cutting about 300 supply-chain jobs from its defense unit and will notify affected employees this week, Bloomberg News reported on Wednesday, citing a person familiar with the matter.

The layoffs are spread across multiple sites in the U.S., the report added.

Boeing did not immediately respond to a Reuters request for comment.

(Reporting by Aishwarya Jain in Bengaluru; Editing by Pooja Desai and Rashmi Aich)