After completing his studies at the Trieste Nautical Institute, Paniccia embarks on a British merchant ship, later militarized, and participates in the Vietnam War, on board of logistic support units (1966–1967).
He has made numerous missions in Bosnia, Albania, Croatia, Kosovo, Macedonia and Serbia, as well as in Afghanistan, Pakistan, and the Persian Gulf region.
In 1981 appointed to the Board of Directors of the holding group for aircraft construction, transport and helicopter services AGUSTA SpA, since January 2001 he is Senior Advisor UNCTAD / UN, Geneva, for the project “Mediterranean 2000”, and in 2007, in charge of the UNIDO cooperation's mission for the area of Lebanon, Jordan, Iraq, he used to be responsible for the UNIDO training project for diplomatic and ministerial managers in Iraq.
In February 1992 Paniccia awarded the Order of Merit of the Italian Republic, "Motu Proprio" by the President of the Republic Francesco Cossiga, for his service in the public companies in the maritime and aviation industries; with DPR27/12/94 he was honored with the title of Grand Officer of the Order of Merit of the Italian Republic;[1] In April 1993 appointed Honorary Consul of Spain in Venice, North-East consular district; in 2002 appointed Economic Advisor for Foreign Trade of the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg (General Council); in November 2003 Knight of Magistral Grace of the Sovereign Military Order of Malta and Comm Captain of the Italian Army Military Corps.
E. Luttwak); 2000 – "The New Commanders – Winning in the XXI Century" with Edward Luttwak – Marsilio / Rizzoli (5th edition); 2001 – "Reconstruction in Serbia and the Balkans: the Pan-European Transport Corridors" – EIC Editions / EU – Brussels; 2001 – "The European Union, China and the United States in the multilateral trading system: the World Trade Organization (WTO) after Seattle" – EIC Editions / EU – Venice; 2002 – G. Segre, G. Muraro, A. Paniccia – "Strategy and Globalization" in "Taxation and Business in the Global Marketplace" – Cedam – Padova; 2006 – "The Fourth Age" – Publisher Mazzanti, Notebooks for Strategic Studies; 2008 – "The armed peace.