Gulfstream G600 Makes Maiden Flight Ahead of Schedule!

Well... ahead of the most recent schedule anyway. Even so, this is pretty rare!

http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/gulfstream-g600-takes-flight-ahead-of-schedule-300380511.html

Lockheed-Martin F-35s Engage in Multiship Comms Evaluation

This doesn't really sound all that exciting, but those who understand the F-35 concept of operations realize that this kind of test may be more important than weapons clearance, or even performance and flying qualities. Their primary role is more likely to be as nodes in a very robust communications network. If that doesn't work, none of the other stuff really matters. A battle plan is probably right on the money if most F-35s never directly interact with the enemy at all.

http://www.edwards.af.mil/News/Article-Display/Article/1022990/multiple-f-35s-take-to-the-skies-to-test-communication-data-links

Boeing-Saab TX Trainer Entry Scores First Flight

The story at the link below has a lot of the typical chest pounding after a first flight, but it does shae a few details about the envelope cleared and duration of the flight. Looks as though there will be a number of entries for this competition.

http://www.defensenews.com/articles/boeings-t-x-takes-its-first-flight