in june 2013, due to upgrades of the aircraft's software and final ground testing, bombardier again shifted the timeline for the first flight into july 2013. on 24 july 2013, due to a longer than expected system integration process, the first flight was delayed into "the coming weeks". on 30 august 2013, bombardier received the flight test permit from transport canada, granting permission to perform high speed taxi testing and flight testing.