Another, even more miniature version was the insectothopter that the CIA developed in the 1970s. Although neither the aquiline or insectothopter designs ever became fully operational, they are ...

Developed by CIA’s Office of Research and Development in the 1970s, this micro unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) was the first flight of an insect-sized vehicle (insectothopter). It was intended to ...

Dubbed the Insectothopter, the bug-carrying bug had an impressive range of 200 meters and a flight time of 60 seconds. Unfortunately, even the gentlest breeze blew the 1-gram vehicle off course, so ...