Claudio Palestini

Claudio Palestini is working in the Innovation, Hybrid and Cyber (IHC) Division in the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO). Since December 2022, he is the Head of the Science for Peace and Security and Programme Management and Coordination Unit. Before this appointment, he dealt within the Division with capabilities and technological development in a number of fields, including countering Unmanned Aircraft Systems (C-UAS) and other asymmetric threats. Before joining NATO, he has worked in European Union institutions, dealing with the satellite navigation programme Galileo and the Single European Sky ATM Research (SESAR) deployment. He holds a PhD in telecommunication engineering from University of Bologna (Italy).