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Engineers from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology have created and successfully flown the first ever ion-powered plane with no moving parts in the design.
Sources:
https://eandt.theiet.org/content/articles/2019/02/first-soundless-aeroplane-takes-flight/
Proposed budget: 400 TECH