Admiral Giuseppe Cavo Dragone (born 28 February 1957) is an Italian naval officer, who has been serving as Chair of the NATO Military Committee since 17 January 2025.

[1] Dragone also holds a master's degree in naval and maritime sciences at the University of Pisa and a master's degree in political sciences from the University of Trieste[1] Dragone is also a certified military paratrooper, scuba diver, free fall skydiver and karate black belter for Shotokan style Karate.

Cavo Dragone was among the few selected pilots transitioning to flying jets, where he flew the AV-8B Harrier II+ and garnered a total flight time of 2,500 hours.

Following the wake of the September 11 attacks, Cavo Dragone was one of the commander of the GRUPNAVIT I, the Italian Naval Task Force deployed in Afghanistan, and carried out 288 various missions such as interception operations, close air and naval support, and aircraft interdiction missions, where the aerial operations accumulated a total of 860 flight hours.

Cavo Dragone ended his role as the Chief of the Defense Staff on 4 October 2024 and was succeeded by General Luciano Portolano.