{
  "id": 10578,
  "url": "https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/jul/16/robots-ai-and-drones-how-the-dutch-navy-is-using-tech-to-transform-its-sea-defences",
  "title": "Robots, AI and drones: how the Dutch navy is using tech to transform its sea defences",
  "summary": "Uncrewed systems are the future for armed forces and the Netherlands is leading the way ‘to keep people out of danger zones’ On each side of the target ship, a black vessel keeps a watchful distance. Defender 1 and Defender 2 are the eyes and ears of the navy – but they have nobody onboard, and their paths are controlled by a computer system. This is the future of the Royal Netherlands Navy, according to Capt Sjoerd Feenstra, head of the expertise centre for unmanned systems. He is leading a fiv",
  "authors": "Senay Boztas in Den Helder",
  "category": "news",
  "topics": "agents-autonomy",
  "orgs": null,
  "regions": null,
  "published_at": "2026-07-16T04:00:14.000Z",
  "fetched_at": "2026-07-16T05:10:56.605Z",
  "source_slug": "guardian-ai",
  "source_name": "The Guardian",
  "source_homepage": "https://www.theguardian.com",
  "ethics_ai_record_url": "https://ethics.ai/record/10578",
  "original_url": "https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/jul/16/robots-ai-and-drones-how-the-dutch-navy-is-using-tech-to-transform-its-sea-defences",
  "evidence_status": "source-only",
  "attribution": "via ethics.ai"
}