[3] He graduated as aeronautical engineer from ITA, first in the class of 1952, having completed a Masters (1961) and Ph.D. (1971) at University of California, Berkeley.

He led the introduction of information technology at the ITA, at the Air Force, at COPPE-UFRJ and at UNIRIO.

It currently belongs to the National Academy of Engineering and is scientific adviser to the presidency of Consist.

On April 24, 2019, the President of the Republic, Jair Messias Bolsonaro, signed Law No.

13,817, in which he granted the title of Patron of Information Technology of Aeronautics to Major-Brigadier Engineer Tércio Pacitti.