Patent ID: 8660712

Claim:
A configurable aircraft, comprising: an aircraft fuselage; and a plurality of wing segments; wherein the plurality of wing segments are readily attachable and detachable from the aircraft fuselage to form a wing; wherein the plurality of wing segments includes one wing-set of wing segments and at least one additional wing segment; wherein at least two of the plurality of wing segments are interchangeable with one another; wherein at least one of the at least two interchangeable wing segments includes mission-specific equipment; the wing segments that have mission-specific equipment also include a computer-readable medium carrying computer-readable data configured to provide operational parameter information pertaining to the mission-specific wing segments; and the fuselage includes a control system configured to read the computer-readable data from the computer-readable medium of the wing segments that have mission-specific wing equipment, and to use the operational parameters in determining the operation of the aircraft.