Girish Linganna

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Girish Linganna is a Defence & Aerospace analyst and is the Director of ADD Engineering Components (India) Pvt Ltd, a subsidiary of ADD Engineering GmbH, Germany with manufacturing units in Russia. He is Consulting Editor Industry and Defense at Frontier India.

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India’s Global Vision and the Failure of Policy Elites

The Indian subcontinent has traditionally remained outside the dispute between the Atlanticists and Greater Eurasia. Experts incorrectly interpret India's membership in the BRICS and...

The great Turkish sell out – F-16 upgrades for NATO membership of Finland and Sweden

Turkey was a partner in the F-35 programme, but the Trump administration kicked it out because it bought and used Russian S-400 "Triumf" air...

The Difficult Bet: China’s Struggle for Stability in Taliban’s Afghanistan

The Taliban are touting the signing of a multimillion-dollar deal with Xinjiang Central Asia Petroleum and Gas Co in Kabul as their first big...

Exploring the Emerging Trends in Missile Technology: Dual-Capable and Hypersonic Missiles

Throughout history, there has been a significant focus on missiles capable of carrying weapons of mass destruction (WMD). New missile patterns are, however, emerging....

F/A-18E/F Super Hornet battles Rafale M to break the US fighter aircraft jinx in India

France's Minister of Defense, Sebastien Lecornu and the United States Secretary of the Navy, Carlos Del Toro, visited India in November 2022. Lecornu was...

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 The Cost of the Future: Europe-Asia’s Sixth-Gen Fighter GCAP Budget Has Already Tripled  

The Global Combat Air Programme (GCAP)—a comprehensive aerospace initiative...

An-148 Returns: Russia Revives a Forgotten Regional Aircraft

Russia has quietly initiated a program to refurbish and...

Russia’s Zelenograd Launches Advanced Chip Packaging for High-Performance Processors

In January 2026, the Zelenograd Nanotechnology Center (ZNTC)—known for...

Russia Brings SJ-100 and Il-114-300 to India in Strategic Debut

Russia’s civil aviation sector is preparing for a rare...