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Exhibit 99.2

               KAMAN CORP.  HOLDS ANNUAL MEETING;
                  SHAREHOLDERS ELECT DIRECTORS

BLOOMFIELD, Connecticut (April 15, 2003) - (NASDAQ:KAMNA) Kaman
Corp. held its 58th annual shareholders meeting here today at the
company's corporate headquarters.

Paul R. Kuhn, chairman, president and chief executive officer,
told shareholders that  "the company, like others in our
industries, will continue to see challenges in the near term.
As a company, however, we have a strong financial position, a
lean operating structure, excellent and enduring relationships
with customers in each business segment, and focused strategies
to pursue longer-term growth.  We remain confident in our
ability to move through this period of economic weakness and
emerge a stronger company that will deliver value for all of our
shareholders," he said.

Shareholders Elect Directors

Class B shareholders re-elected the following directors: Brian
E. Barents, retired president and chief executive officer,
Galaxy Aerospace Co., LP; E. Reeves Callaway, chief executive
officer, The Callaway Companies; John A. DiBiaggio, president
emeritus, Tufts University; Admiral Huntington Hardisty (USN-
Retired), former president, Kaman Aerospace International Corp.;
Edwin A. Huston, retired vice chairman, Ryder System, Inc.; C.
William Kaman II, vice chairman, Kaman Corp. and retired
chairman and chief executive officer of AirKaman of
Jacksonville, Inc., and former president, Kaman Music Corp.;
Eileen S. Kraus, retired chairman, Fleet Bank Connecticut;  Paul
R. Kuhn, chairman, president and chief executive officer, Kaman
Corp.; Walter H. Monteith, Jr., retired chairman, Southern New
England Telecommunications Corp.; Wanda L. Rogers, president and
chief executive officer, Rogers Helicopters, Inc.; and Richard
J. Swift, chairman, Financial Standards Advisory Council, and
retired chairman and chief executive officer, Foster Wheeler,
Ltd.

Two directors did not stand for re-election.  They are Frank C.
Carlucci and Laney J. Chouest. Carlucci, chairman emeritus of
The Carlyle Group and former U. S. Secretary of Defense, had
served on the Kaman board of directors since 1989.  Chouest,
owner-manager of Edison Chouest Offshore, Ltd., had been a Kaman
director since 1996.  Carlucci was elected director emeritus of
the company.

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"I am very grateful to Frank and Laney for their valued service
to the board, and I wish them all the best," Kuhn said.

In other business, Class B shareholders ratified the board's
appointment of KPMG LLP as the corporation's independent
auditors.

Kaman Corp., headquartered in Bloomfield, conducts business in
the aerospace, industrial distribution and music distribution
markets.

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Contact:
Russell H. Jones, Vice President & Treasurer
(860) 243-6307
rhj-corp@kaman.com
































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