Air Force to Test Aeroelastic Wings

firegate writes "The New Scientist is reporting that the US Air Force is planning to test a variant of the Wing Warping steering system used on the original Wright Brothers plane to steer new supersonic jets. They've invested $41 million in the project so far, and the first test flight will take place next month at NASA's Dryden research center in California."

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10 to 20% less weight means;

[jafac]

For military planes, 10-20% more bombs.
For civilian planes, refuel 10-20% less often (saving the airline a few bucks in labor - passing the savings directly on to the CEO's offshore account).

So what?