L&T has become the largest private defence company in the country with production facilities for broad range of systems at Powai (Mumbai), Hazira, Baroda, Pune, Coimbatore, Vishaka-patnam, Katupalli, New Mumbai and Bengaluru. No other Private sector company has a portfolio range and depth as that of L&T and it has created defence as a separate independent company (IC) as an entity, with its own board, in the FY 2018.