It stands for Propulsione Non Newtoniana (Italian, meaning Non-Newtonian
Propulsion). A group of Italian people claiming that they have a
propulsion system using no reaction mass. Something like a microwaves
bouncing around in a closed cavity that they claim, without explaining
the physics behind it, that it produces acceleration. They have video
showing that it gives if I recall correctly some 200 mN of force. We
tried to explain to them that because their microwaves heat one side of
their apparatus more than the other side, the air is heated more on one
side than the other. This differential in air temperature can explain
the force that they measure, therefore, outside an atmosphere it
wouldn't work. But they don't want any of that, they are sure that their
"invention" will revolutionize rocketry.
Alain Fournier