Dr.-Ing. Wolfgang Griethe studied Electrical Engineering at the Technical University in Dresden, Germany, from 1968–1972 and received his PhD in Engineering in 1982. His space industry career started in 1988 at Kayser-Threde GmbH, Munich, where he had duties in leadership positions as Department Head, Section Head and Vice President, Space Utilization. In 2009 he became Head of Strategy at Tesat-Spacecom GmbH & Co. KG where he promoted synergies between commercial and military space programs as well as initiating and leading Tesat’s Airborne LaserCom System (ALCoS) program for RPA applications. In 2013, he founded G2Aerospace GmbH, a medium sized enterprise headquartered in Munich, and has since been its Managing Director. Dr. Griethe is a member of the German Association for Defence Technology (DWT).