(Tribune News Service) — The B-21 Raiders will be revealed later this year and the project is on time and on budget, U.S. Sen. Mike Rounds, R- S.D., has announced.

Rounds was the sole elected official in a visit to the B-21 Raider production facility in Palmdale, California. Northrop Grumman is the prime contractor on the B-21 program.

“The B-21 is one of the most advanced aircraft to ever be developed,” Rounds said. “We are getting closer to bringing this state-of-the-art platform home to Ellsworth Air Force Base.”

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“Furthermore, remember that there will be additional security improvements because this will be a bomber with nuclear capabilities,” he said. “As a South Dakotan and a member of the Senate Armed Services Committee, I will remain engaged in Ellsworth’s assumption of the B-21 mission, one which will help secure our nation for decades to come.”

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