Mr. Paul Dickson of Aegis reports

AEGIS AND QUANTUM EMOTION LAUNCH TOUGH BHOY

Aegis Critical Energy Defence Corp., in partnership with Malahat Battery Technologies (an indigenous company), Seetel New Energy of Taiwan and Quantum Emotion Corp., has developed the rugged 10-foot Tough Bhoy fully integrated energy storage system. The unit provides resilient, secure power for harsh climates, remote communities, military operations and critical infrastructure. The system is further reinforced with quantum-secured cybersecurity through Quantum Emotion's Canadian-developed platform, protecting against advanced and future threats.

Purpose built for mining environments, indigenous and northern communities, defence applications, disaster response, and Arctic infrastructure, the Tough Bhoy is engineered to operate reliably in some of the most extreme environments in the world:

• Robust and deployable: hardened, lockable and air/ground transportable for rapid set-up in remote and mission-critical sites;
• Extreme cold performance: operates reliably down to minus-50 C, closing a critical gap for Arctic and sub-Arctic deployment with thermal pad technology from Northwest Mettech (a Canadian partner);
• Plug and play: quick-connect interfaces and intuitive layout, safe and operable even by non-specialist personnel;
• Efficient hybridization: optimizes diesel generators, reducing fuel consumption, runtime hours, noise signature and emissions;
• Smart safety: AI-driven (artificial intelligence) thermal, smoke and gas detection with predictive fault modelling and early-warning failure prevention;
• Quantum-secure communications: developed by Quebec-based Quantum Emotion, hardened against impersonation, signal spoofing, replay attacks and command interception;
• Mission-grade Arctic reliability: provides uninterrupted power for NORAD-adjacent (North American Aerospace Defense Command) radar stations, surveillance platforms and northern sovereignty infrastructure, maintaining stable voltage and frequency during extreme cold operation;
• Advanced EMS (energy management system) with secure remote command and control: a Canadian-Taiwanese-co-developed EMS (Aegis-Malahat plus Seetel) enabling secure remote telemetry, asset dispatch, microgrid optimization, and seamless integration with generators, PV (photovoltaic), wind and sensitive radar-linked loads;
• Scalable and future ready: modular, daisy-chain architecture supporting multiunit microgrids and integration with evolving energy resources.

As part of continuing product development and technology transfer, members of the Aegis leadership team recently visited Taiwan to advance collaboration with Seetel on next-generation energy systems. The visit included a technical review of its state-of-the-art manufacturing facility, which supports Tough Bhoy production and also supplies systems for global industrial platforms such as Volvo Penta. This partnership enables Canadian-led system architecture, indigenous-led project leadership and proven international manufacturing reliability.

For defence and critical infrastructure operators, reliability in extreme conditions is essential. The Tough Bhoy platform delivers secure, frequency-stable power in Arctic conditions, integrates seamlessly with existing generator and grid assets, and is protected by Canadian-developed quantum-grade cybersecurity. This ensures operators can maintain energy continuity, system resilience and mission readiness, even in isolated or contested environments.

About Quantum Emotion Corp.

Quantum Emotion is a Canadian deep-tech company developing quantum-safe cybersecurity solutions based on its patented quantum random number generator (QRNG) and entropy-as-a-service platform, securing data and communications for the quantum era.

About Aegis Critical Energy Defence Corp.

Aegis Critical Energy Defence develops and integrates advanced battery energy storage systems for defence, critical infrastructure, industrial and AI data centre applications. Through strategic partnerships with indigenous communities and global technology leaders, Aegis delivers rugged, intelligent and secure energy systems designed for the next generation of mission-critical operations.

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