KAMAN CORPORATION AWARDED $53 MILLION
COMPOSITES CONTRACT FROM BELL HELICOPTER
BLOOMFIELD, Connecticut (September 10, 2009) - (NASDAQ-GS:KAMN) Kaman Corporation
announced that the Helicopters Division of its subsidiary, Kaman Aerospace Corporation has been
awarded a five-year contract with a potential value of $53 million to build composite helicopter
blade skins and skin core assemblies for Bell Helicopters. Under the terms of the contract, Kaman
will provide 18 different assemblies for H1, 406, 407, 412, 427, 429, 430 and BA609 aircraft. All
work will be performed at the Kaman HeliworX™ full-service aerospace innovation and
manufacturing support center in Bloomfield, Connecticut. Initial deliveries to Bell’s Hurst, Texas,
facility will begin in late 2009.
“We are delighted by this opportunity to work with Bell Helicopter in producing world-class
rotorcraft,” said Neal J. Keating, Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer of Kaman
Corporation. “This is further evidence of our ability to leverage our OEM capabilities in support of
other helicopter manufacturers.”
“Kaman has the skills and competitiveness we require in the composite blade-manufacturing
arena,” said Mary Simmerman, Senior VP Supply Chain Management at Bell. “We expect this to
be a positive agreement for both companies.”
In addition to Bell, some of the biggest names in aerospace, including Sikorsky and Northrop
Grumman, receive manufacturing support from HeliworX. Backed by Kaman’s infrastructure and
expertise, HeliworX is the only subcontractor with the OEM advantage capable of offering
design/analysis, manufacturing, and test and flight solutions for companies that require an
experienced outsourcing option. Other capabilities include integration, composite and metallic
manufacturing, final assembly, rotor blade manufacture, erosion protection, whirl towers, and a
sand erosion test facility.
Kaman Corp., headquartered in Bloomfield, Conn. conducts business in the aerospace and
industrial distribution markets. The company produces and/or markets widely used proprietary
aircraft bearings and components; complex metallic and composite aerostructures for commercial,
military and general aviation fixed and rotary wing aircraft; safing and arming solutions for missile
and bomb systems for the U.S. and allied militaries; subcontract helicopter work; and support for
the company’s SH-2G Super Seasprite maritime helicopters and K-MAX medium-to-heavy lift
helicopters. Kaman is also one of the nation’s leading industrial distribution companies for power
transmission, motion control, material handling and electrical components with nearly two hundred
locations throughout North America.
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Contact:
Eric Remington
VP, Investor Relations
(860) 243-6334
eric.remington@kaman.com
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