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Exhibit 31.1

                     Certification Pursuant to Rule
                      13a-14 under the Securities and
                      Exchange Act of 1934



I, Paul R. Kuhn, certify that:

     1.  I have reviewed this quarterly report on Form 10-Q of
Kaman Corporation [the "Registrant"];

     2.  Based on my knowledge, this report does not contain any
untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material
fact necessary to make the statements made, in light of the
circumstances under which such statements were made, not
misleading with respect to the period covered by this report;

     3.  Based on my knowledge, the financial statements, and
other financial information included in this report, fairly
present in all material respects the financial condition, results
of operations and cash flows of the registrant as of, and for,
the periods presented in this report;

     4.  The registrant's other certifying officer(s) and I are
responsible for establishing and maintaining disclosure controls
and procedures (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(e) and
15d-15(e)) for the registrant and have:

         (a)  Designed such disclosure controls and procedures,
or caused such disclosure controls and procedures to be designed
under our supervision, to ensure that material information
relating to the registrant, including its consolidated
subsidiaries, is made known to us by others within those
entities, particularly during the period in which this report is
being prepared;

         (b)  Intentionally omitted pursuant to the guidance
contained in SEC Release 33-8238.

         (c)  Evaluated the effectiveness of the registrant's
disclosure controls and procedures and presented in this report
our conclusions about the effectiveness of the disclosure
controls and procedures, as of the end of the period covered by
this report based on such evaluation; and

         (d)  Disclosed in this report any change in the
registrant's internal control over financial reporting that
occurred during the registrant's most recent fiscal quarter
that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to
materially affect, the registrant's internal control over
financial reporting; and




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Exhibit 31.1 (continued)

     5.  The registrant's other certifying officer(s) and I have
disclosed, based on our most recent evaluation of internal
control over financial reporting, to the registrant's auditors
and the audit committee of the registrant's board of directors
(or persons performing the equivalent functions):

         (a)  All significant deficiencies and material
weaknesses in the design or operation of internal control over
financial reporting which are reasonably likely to adversely
affect the registrant's ability to record, process, summarize and
report financial information; and

         (b)  Any fraud, whether or not material, that involves
management or other employees who have a significant role in the
registrant's internal control over financial reporting.

Date:  August 14, 2003             By: /s/ Paul R. Kuhn
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                                   Paul R. Kuhn
                                   Chairman, President and
                                   Chief Executive Officer

































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