Lieutenant Colonel Remus Lacatus is a Romanian Air Force officer who has been a Plans, Concepts, Development and Vision Subject Matter Expert at the JAPCC from 2012 to 2016. His background covers military Air Traffic Control, Air Command and Control, Air Operations Planning, and participation in projects involving overarching concepts related to Joint Air & Space Power.

During the tour of duty at JAPCC Lt Col Lacatus has also fulfilled responsibilities as expert for Air Traffic Management (ATM). In this capacity, he has enabled JAPCC’s engagement within the international ATM working arrangements facilitated by NATO/EUROCONTROL/EDA. He also led the JAPCC support to European Air Chiefs in assessing and mitigating the impact of the ‘Single European Sky’ initiative on national/collective air defence capabilities and resources.

Effective 01 September 2016, Lt Col Remus Lacatus is a Senior ATM Expert in the Civil-Military ATM Coordination Division at EUROCONTROL.