After scrapping the idea of a mechanical bumblebee, engineers at the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency prototyped a remote-controlled dragonfly. It was the 1970s, the Cold War was still in full swing, ...

Thanks to spy films and TV shows, the CIA has been famous for using nifty gadgets that may have inspired Angus MacGyver. Typical Hollywood exaggerations aside, the agency does have dedicated ...

Although neither the aquiline or insectothopter designs ever became fully operational, they are acknowledged as forerunners of today’s drones.

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 ...

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 ...

Although neither the aquiline or insectothopter designs ever became fully operational, they are acknowledged as forerunners of today's drones. Fast-forward to the 1990s, and the CIA's robotic catfish ...

Although neither the aquiline or insectothopter designs ever became fully operational, they are acknowledged as forerunners of today's drones.

World’s most bizarre secret weapons: how pigeons, cats, whales, robotic catfish acted as spies through ages Expensive research budgets and promising technological advances provide an edge in certain ...

In the 1970s, the CIA engineered the Insectothopter, a groundbreaking mini UAV designed as a covert listening device. Modeled after a dragonfly, it featured flapping wings and laser guidance but ...