Mynaric is ramping up its production rate due to the industry-wide agreement that optical communications terminals (OCTs) are key to the future of satellite data transmission. Laser communication capabilities were a key theme at the recent 36th Space Symposium and will be at SATELLITE 2021 starting today. Mynaric continues to invest in the required machinery, personnel and processes to achieve sustained production ramp-up. The company is targeting a production capacity of up to 2,000 units per year in its first serial production facility - a pathfinder for production processes and technologies, including critical optical components that have been insourced. Mynaric, additionally, is committed to develop and produce critical electronic components in its California facilities to address the needs of specific US-based customers, particularly from the government market. The duality of Mynaric's approach to production serves national security interests and risk reduction purposes, as well as to add capacity to cover expected market demand. As part of its production push Mynaric also announced the addition of Juan Carlos Lopez as VP of Production and Test to its team. Lopez will lead the production facility in the United States after spending 13 years at SpaceX, as the Director of Avionics Production and Test where he built his department from zero to over 400 people covering avionics assembly, wire harness production, space acceptance and qualification testing and integration.