• HALIFAX  (CP) — The federal government awarded U.S. defence giant Lockheed Martin a long-awaited contract to design its $60-billion fleet of warships despite lingering questions about the selection process and a legal challenge from a rival bidder.  ($105 billion total cost, if there are no cost-overruns.  With Lockheed Martin you are GUARANTEED to have cost overruns;  they milk the cow for as much as they can get, and they are incompetent.)