Originally Posted by K Mehta

Hi,
The pontoon from which the launch was made was made by L&T, so is the hull of the ATV as well as the Launcher for AAD and Akash. The Missile parts are being made by HAL and Tata apart form other private companies. Its just a matter of PR of DRDO, they dont want to deliberately put the private members to risk by exposing their involvement in such projects of strategic importance or something is simply wrong.

Delta, Check out the defexpo photos on Bharat-rakshak or for that matter any other sites, you will find out how much the private sector involvement is ans how much they are coming up. Not that they have become front-runners in the world but they are coming up.