Advanced Crane Technologies LLC

Advanced Crane Technologies LLC Advanced Crane Division manufactures, fabricates, and rehabilitates heavy material handling equipment—overhead bridge cranes, portal cranes, gantry cranes, and related weight handling systems—for the Department of the Navy and Department of the Army as a prime contractor under Total Small Business set-asides and full-and-open vehicles, competing predominantly on small-business reservations across Naval Sea Systems Command and Naval Facilities Engineering Command programs.

Advanced Crane is a division of Pollock Research & Design, Inc., a for-profit Subchapter S corporation and manufacturer of goods headquartered in Reading, Pennsylvania (with the Advanced Crane division based in Stowe, Pennsylvania). The vendor operates as a small-business prime across defense infrastructure programs, with 100% of its recent federal footprint in prime awards—no subcontract work—and concentrates on overhead traveling crane, hoist, and monorail system manufacturing (NAICS 333923) and equipment maintenance and modification (primary PSCs: Winches, Hoists, Cranes and Derricks; Maint/Repair/Rebuild of Equipment—Materials Handling Equipment). Advanced Crane competes under Total Small Business set-asides on roughly two-thirds of its recent awards, with the balance placed under full-and-open indefinite delivery contracts with the Army Corps of Engineers.

Customer concentration is extreme: the top five federal customers account for 96% of combined potential value. The Department of the Navy Naval Facilities Engineering Command leads in dollars ($210.7 million across ten awards) followed by Naval Sea Systems Command ($110.1 million across nineteen awards), and the Department of the Army Corps of Engineers ($98.3 million across five awards and one $95 million MATOC). Advanced Crane places recurring task orders under two core indefinite delivery contracts: a $60 million small-business-set-aside Weight Handling Equipment IDC with Naval Sea Systems Command (running through June 2028) and a $95 million Logistics Readiness Center Crane Rental 3 MATOC with the Army Corps of Engineers (through September 2026).

Recent representative work includes a $24.9 million definitive contract awarded December 30, 2023, by Navy Installations Command to design, fabricate, and deliver two 120-ton double-girder overhead electric bridge cranes for the Strategic Weapons Facility Atlantic at Kings Bay, Georgia (completion September 2026); a $4.8 million delivery order from Naval Sea Systems Command issued January 30, 2026, to modify two 60/15-ton portal cranes at Norfolk Naval Shipyard (completion July 2027); a $3.9 million delivery order from Naval Sea Systems Command for overhaul of a 25-ton portal crane at the Trident Refit Facility, Kings Bay (completion August 2027); and a $743,010 delivery order from the Army Corps of Engineers for fabrication of an Old Hickory crane hook and lifting beam modification issued February 9, 2024 (completed March 2025).

Activity has been episodic rather than sustained growth: five awards in 2019, two in 2021, six in 2023, two in 2024, and one in 2026, with combined potential value of $475.6 million across seventy-one total awards since 2007. Four awards (combined potential value $36.8 million) face ultimate completion within the next twenty-four months and enter recompete. The vendor places work across performance locations including Portsmouth and Reading, Pennsylvania; Kings Bay and Atlanta, Georgia; and Norfolk, Virginia, reflecting its regional manufacturing footprint and the geographic distribution of Navy and Army Corps infrastructure projects.

Advanced Crane Technologies, LLC (ACT) is a small business with decades of experience in the engineering, fabrication, and installation of custom overhead crane systems. With in-house licensed engineers and complete project lifecycle control, we deliver specialized lifting solutions to clients across government, industrial, and commercial sectors. From mission-critical military sites to advanced manufacturing and infrastructure projects, ACT ensures precision, compliance, and reliability at every stage. Our team is trusted nationwide for complex crane systems, expert field execution, and dependable support in demanding environments where performance is critical.