Calm down, this was just a fun practical experience course for students, that is being oversold by the news article:

From the original press-release:

>Hansman and Hoburg worked with MIT students to design a long-duration UAV as part of a Beaver Works capstone project — typically a two- or three-semester course that allows MIT students to design a vehicle that meets certain mission specifications, and to build and test their design.

Obviously a bunch of undergrads aren't going to design a revolutionary new airplane.