Dr. Kevin Knabe is the Director of Research and Development at Vescent and oversees all government programs and low TRL development of new technologies. His history of optical frequency metrology and general laser stabilization in academia (Kansas State), government labs (NIST-Boulder), and industry (Raytheon, Stable Laser Systems, Vescent) has helped refine and optimize the requirements for low-SWaP laser module development to support deployed quantum applications. The subsystems include optical frequency combs, narrow linewidth lasers, and low noise control electronics for quantum timing and sensing applications such as alternative positioning, navigation and timing systems, synthetic aperture radar, wireless communication, and geodetic sensing. The maturation of these stabilized laser modules has culminated in Vescent’s plan to release an optical atomic clock that can operate outside of laboratory environments at a cost that will rival current timing technologies.