State to help fund Rapid City office building for defense contractor Northrop Grumman

By: Seth Tupper

Outlets: South Dakota Searchlight

Published: September 23, 2026

Words: 628

Last Updated: 3 weeks, 3 days ago

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RAPID CITY — Getting Ellsworth Air Force Base removed from a closure list 21 years ago was the beginning of the work needed to secure the base’s future in western South Dakota, Republican U.S. Sen. Mike Rounds said Wednesday.

“Once we knew Ellsworth was safe, we also knew that building up the base’s infrastructure and developing the region to attract others in the defense industry was the best way to prevent future threats,” Rounds said.

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