Rear Admiral Peter Marshall and Air Vice-Marshal Geoff Brown announced the winners at the annual Awards Dinner in Canberra.
The Awards are divided into four categories: sustainment, minor acquisition projects, rapid acquisition and major acquisition.
Each of the finalists is then considered for the ultimate trophy, the Essington Lewis Trophy (pictured), awarded in two divisions: one where a major company is the prime contractor and one where SMEs take the lead.
Top DMO/SME team
The winning team in the rapid acquisition category, the Australian Super Hornet Project Office from the DMO and Logistic Engineering Services Pty Ltd, was awarded the highest honour of the perpetual Essington Lewis Trophy for the most outstanding DMO/small-to-medium enterprise team of 2009.
Top DMO/Major company team
The winning team in the major acquisition category, DMO's Combat Support Systems Program Office and Raytheon received the perpetual Essington Lewis Trophy as the most outstanding DMO/major company team of 2009 for their collaborative efforts in delivering the Weapon Locating Radar Life of Type Extension under Land 58 Phase 3.
Category winners
BAE Systems Australia and the DMO's Hydrographic Systems Project Office (HSPO) took out the 2009 sustainment team of the year award, ahead of both the Tactical Fighter Systems Program Office / L-3 MAS Canada team and the DMO's Command and Intelligence Systems Support Office and Thales team - but only after a tie-break question had been posed to find a winner.
Presenting the BAE/HSPO team with their award, RADM Peter Marshall, Head of the DMO's Maritime Systems Division said, it was great to see a regional team successfully competing with teams from all over Australia.
Each of the other two contenders for the sustainment team of the year award was presented with an outstanding achievement award, in recognition of the fierce challenge they had mounted.
Hawker Pacific and the Training Airlift Systems Program Office were named the 2009 minor acquisition team of the year for their outstanding collaborative efforts in delivering an Interim Lightweight Transport capability for the Royal Australian Air Force within a very short timeframe.
A high commendation was presented to the very new and very small team of Rohde and Schwarz and the DMO's Ground Telecommunications and Equipment Systems Program Office, for overcoming significant challenges through effective collaboration and thereby ensuring that their project remained on schedule and within budget.
The CEO of the DMO, Dr Stephen Gumley, congratulated all of the finalists on their achievements.
"These finalists highlight the great work being undertaken in the DMO and industry and they deserve our recognition for their exemplary collaborative efforts in equipping and sustaining the Australian Defence Force," Dr Gumley said.
Keep an eye out for a full list of award winners and image gallery, as well as further news from ADM2010, on ADM's website.