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                              EXHIBIT 23

                   CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT AUDITORS



KPMG LLP
Certified Public Accountants
One Financial Plaza
Hartford, Connecticut 06103


The Board of Directors and Shareholders
Kaman Corporation:

We consent to incorporation by reference in the Registration
Statements (Nos. 33-51483 and 33-51485) on Form S-8 of Kaman
Corporation of our reports dated January 28, 2003, relating to
the consolidated balance sheets of Kaman Corporation and
subsidiaries as of December 31, 2002 and 2001 and the related
consolidated statements of operations, changes in shareholders'
equity and cash flows for each of the years in the three-year
period ended December 31, 2002, and the related schedule, which
reports appear or are incorporated by reference in the
December 31, 2002 annual report on Form 10-K of Kaman
Corporation.



/s/ KPMG LLP


Hartford, Connecticut
March 25, 2003




















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