In the presence of Inspector General Tangorra, Commander of the 3rd Division of Comlog, Col. D’Anelli took over from Col. Nicolò. The ceremony was presided over by Inspector General Antonio Tangorra, Commander of the 3rd Division of the Logistics Command. Colonel Nicoló, who is leaving Command after three years of intense activity which included the transformation and organizational upgrade of the Unit, during his speech, highlighted the main activities carried out and the results achieved, remembering in particular “the extension of the classified telematics network of the Armed Force, the contribution to the creation of the “CAESAR-Net” in the Afghan theatre, the study, design and implementation of the new network for the collection and dissemination of the products of the Predator assets, the 24/7 technical support for command and control systems for national operations and in the various operational theatres”, for a total of approximately 2,800 missions and 950 operations carried out on the networks under their responsibility. The most sincere thanks were therefore addressed to the successive Commanders of the 3rd Division and to all the personnel of the Unit. Colonel D’Anelli thanked the leadership of the Armed Force for the trust placed in him by entrusting him with the Command of a prestigious Unit with a strong and recognised identity even within a joint-service environment, stating that he deeply felt “the mission entrusted to ReGISCC in the management and innovation of Command and Control Systems, due to the central role it plays in the transformation process of the military instrument and in particular the aerospace one”.
Addressing the staff of his department, finally, he stressed the importance of continuing “the dedication always shown, with the unmistakable ingenuity that distinguishes our Italian identity and with a renewed enthusiasm without which nothing great has ever been achieved”Inspector General Tangorra, while thanking Colonel Nicoló for the results achieved, underlined the importance of the Unit for the Armed Forces, highlighting how it has been“the role played by ReGISCC in providing support to technical-operational activities both in the national territory and beyond national borders has been fundamental and particularly appreciated, just as the contribution provided in the C4ISR sector has been qualifying and decisive, within which the Unit has always operated with intelligence, initiative and promptness, consolidating itself as an absolute point of reference”The Command and Control Systems Management and Innovation Department (ReGISCC) was established on 14 December 2009 as an organisational upgrade and reorganization of the Command and Control Systems Automation Group (Gr.A.S.C.C.), which had been operating at Pratica di Mare since 2001 and, prior to that, as the Electronic Data Processing Centre (C.E.E.D.) of the Air Force Staff since 1973.
The body reports to the 3rd Division of the Logistics Command and ensures the management of support systems for Command and Control (C2) functions and the C4-ISR capabilities of the Armed Force, guaranteeing configuration control of the systems and promoting their innovation through development and experimentation. Colonel Felice D’Anelli was born in Gioia del Colle on 3 October 1965. Having entered the Aeronautics Academy in 1984 with the “Drago IV” Course, he was promoted to the rank of Pilot Officer in 1987. Having completed his academic studies with a degree in Aeronautical Sciences from the “Federico II” University of Naples, in 1988 he was assigned to the Air Force Security Recruits Training School in Viterbo, where he held the position of Company Commander.
In 1991 he attended the Basic Telecommunications Course, following which he performed numerous duties connected with that sector, holding various positions within the Telecommunications and Flight Assistance Directorate of the 3rd Air Region Command.
After attending the Joint Telecommunications Course in 1996, he took on the role of Head of the Systems Office at the same Directorate, with territorial jurisdiction over the whole of southern Italy for the procurement and maintenance of Communication and IT systems for Italian Air Force bodies.
Between 1995 and 2001, he completed all modules of the continuous study programme at the Air War School in Florence.
From September 2000 to September 2003, he served on the staff of the Commander of the 3rd Air Region.
He attended the 6th Joint Staff Higher Command Course and the Legal Adviser Course at the Centre for Higher Defence Studies in Rome during the 2003–2004 academic year, where he was assigned for the following two academic years in the role of Tutor.
In 2006 he was transferred to the 3rd Department of the Italian Air Force Staff, also holding the position of Head of the C4ISTAR Office.
Transferred to the Command and Control Systems Management and Innovation Department in Pratica di Mare in March 2010, he held the position of Head of the Operations Office until 31 August.
