The U.S. Air Force’s Cyber Mission Force teams reached full operational status Friday ahead of the U.S. Cyber Command deadline, slated for Sept. 30.

CYBERCOM declared the status for the 39 teams after reviewing Air Forces Cyber’s assessment of personnel performance, the service branch said Thursday. The assessment involved the combating of simulated cyber threats in themed exercises.

After completing the personnel and training requirements, commanders will engage the force teams in mission readiness activities. These operations include consecutive cyber mission assignments for the force members and the continuous training of new airmen to expand the teams.

In 2013, the Air Force began forming the cyber teams, which are comprised of 1,700 airmen, civilians and contractors for the Cyber Mission Force. They include 15 squadrons from the Air National Guard and one squadron from the service branch’s reserve unit.

CYBERCOM’s 133-CMF team features 41 teams from the U.S. Army, 40 from the U.S. Navy and 13 from the U.S. Marine Corps. The CMF implements the direction, coordination and synchronization of cybersecurity operations at CYBERCOM.

President Donald Trump has issued a new executive order that aims to provide federal agency chief information officers additional authorities in order to advance information technology modernization and enable IT systems to support missions, Federal News Radio reported Tuesday.

The executive order would direct agency CIOs to directly report to the agency head and make them lead advisers on multiyear and annual planning; budgeting; execution decisions; programming; and IT-related management, governance and oversight.

The new policy would authorize government CIOs to serve on IT government boards and provide them hiring authorities to address IT talent shortage, according to the document.

A senior administration official said the EO exempts the Defense Department, citing the agency’s distinct governance structure and situation.

The order would require agency leaders to restructure agency IT functions to facilitate IT infrastructure consolidation; promote shared use of IT platforms and other industry best practices; and put an end to unneeded IT management functions.

Four senators have introduced a bill that would allocate $1.5 billion in annual defense funds over five years to deter and counter China’s influence in the Pacific region and bolster military partnership with Taiwan, Defense News reported Tuesday.

The proposed Asia Reassurance Initiative Act would authorize regular weapons sales to Taiwan and reaffirm the country’s security commitments to Japan, Australia, South Korea and other allied nations in the Indo-Pacific, according to the measure’s background paper.

Sens. Cory Gardner (R-Colo.), Marco Rubio (R-Fla.), Edward Markey (D-Mass.) and Ben Cardin (D-Md.) introduced the proposed legislation.

The bill aims to serve as a policy framework to demonstrate U.S. commitment to a rules-based international order and build up U.S. leadership in Asia, Rubio’s office said in an April 24 news release.

“With China’s increasingly assertive rise, it is critical that the United States reaffirm our commitment to securing a free and open Indo-Pacific region through enhanced cooperation with our democratic partners,” Rubio said.

ARIA also aims to promote cyber cooperation with Indo-Pacific allies; implement U.S. overflight rights and freedom of navigation in the region; establish U.S. policy to implement nuclear non-proliferation and arms control regulations; and advance multilateral and bilateral trade negotiations with Indo-Pacific countries, according to the bill’s summary.