U.S. Navy Vice Adm. Thomas Moore, former program executive officer for aircraft carriers, took on the role of chief of the Naval Sea Systems Command during a ceremony held Friday at the Washington Naval Yard.

The Navy reported Friday Moore succeeds Vice Adm. William Hilarides, who has retired after a 39-year military career.

President Barack Obama nominated Moore, then a rear admiral, as NAVSEA commander in May with a designation for a promotion in rank.

Moore, a 35-year Navy veteran, was former director of fleet readiness before he assumed the role of PEO for aircraft carriers in 2011.

He also served as major program manager for in-service aircraft carriers and overhaul project officer for aircraft carriers USS Nimitz (CVN 68), USS Enterprise (CVN 65) and USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN 71).

NAVSEA has a workforce of approximately 70,000 military and civilian staff and is responsible for the design, construction, procurement and maintenance of the service branch’s ships, submarines and weapons systems.

Keith Hall, director of the Congressional Budget Office, has said the enactment of the Senate Armed Services Committee’s defense policy bill for fiscal year 2017 would result in an increase in net direct spending by approximately $10.9 billion over the next 10 years.

He told Senate Armed Services Committee Chairman John McCain (R-Arizona) in a letter published Thursday that the FY 2017 National Defense Authorization Act contains provisions that would affect net direct spending.

These include the proposed changes to the national defense stockpile and military health care and retirement benefits, requirement for women to register with the Selective Service as well as the potential reauthorization of share-in-savings contracts, according to Hall.

He also mentioned that the proposed legislation would allocate $602.4 billion in total budget for defense programs, approximately $3.3 billion more than the FY 2016 appropriated funds.

Hall noted that implementing the 2017 NDAA would lead to on-budget deficit growth “by more than $5 billion in each of the four consecutive 10-year periods beginning in 2027.”

CBO also forecasts the enactment of certain provisions related to the military justice system in the proposed bill would “increase the amount of fines and forfeitures of pay that are imposed at military courts-martial by less than $500,000 over the next 10 years” through 2026, Hall wrote.

U.S. Air Force Lt. Gen. Terrence O’Shaughnessy has been nominated to the roles of commander of the Pacific Air Forces, air component commander of the U.S. Pacific Command and executive director of the Pacific Air Combat Operations Staff.

The Defense Department said Friday O’Shaughnessy, current deputy commander of the United Nations Command Korea, has also been designated for a promotion to the rank of general.

The 30-year veteran will succeed Gen. Lori Robinson, who became head of U.S. Northern Command and North American Aerospace Defense Command in May.

O’Shaughnessy served as a command pilot with more than 3,000 recorded flight hours in the F-16 Fighting Falcon throughout his career that includes stints with the 35th Fighter Squadron, 555th Fighter Squadron, 510th Fighter Squadron, 57th Adversary Tactics Group and 57th Wing.

He has also received awards and decorations such as the Legion of Merit, Defense Superior Service Medal, Meritorious Service Medal, Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal, Combat Readiness Medal and the Humanitarian Service Medal.

Defense Secretary Ashton Carter has announced the three new members of a board that will work to facilitate a “culture of innovation” in the areas of technology, people and operations across the Defense Department, DoD News reported Friday.

Carter told Defense One Tech Summit attendees in Washington that retired Navy Adm. William McRaven, former head of the U.S. Special Operations Command; innovation historian Walter Isaacson; and Reid Hoffman, chief of LinkedIn; will join the Defense Innovation Board that DoD launched in March.

Jim Garamone writes Eric Schmidt, executive chairman at Google parent company Alphabet, serves as chairman of the board.

Carter cited the efforts of the department’s strategic capabilities office to redevelop existing military systems to perform new functions, including the development of an arsenal plane as well as microdrones that can be deployed through fighter jets.

DoD has begun to work with coders from Google, Shopify, Palantir and other firms through the Defense Digital Service and plans to appoint a chief recruiting officer who will look for executives to serve in civilian leadership positions, Carter said during the summit.

He also mentioned the department’s Defense Innovation Unit Experimental startup in Silicon Valley, career intermission and fellowship initiatives for service personnel and Hack the Pentagon cybersecurity pilot program, Garamone reports.