The next steps are to complete development of the on-board processor, flight qualify the seeker, conduct hardware-in-the-loop testing, and conduct a hover test in early 1997. It is also necessary to purchase initial boosters and begin the engineering work needed to integrate the kinetic kill vehicle with the booster rocket. A flight test is planned from either Vandenberg AFB, California or Kodiak Island, Alaska in FY98 to take the KKV into space, check separation of the KKV, verify operation of the seeker, and check out the operation of the weapon control system. A second flight test is planned for FY99.