<page>

Exhibit 99.1



          KAMAN RECEIVES GO-AHEAD FROM THE AIR FORCE
        TO BEGIN PRODUCTION OF JOINT PROGRAMMABLE FUZES

BLOOMFIELD, Connecticut (May 07, 2004)  --  Kaman Aerospace Corp.
announced today that the Kaman Dayron unit in Orlando, Fla., has
received authorization from the U.S. Air Force to begin
production of the advanced FMU-152 A/B Joint Programmable Fuze
(JPF) following successful completion of qualification testing by
both Kaman and the Air Force.

The contract has a value of $13.6 million covering low rate
initial production and Lot 1 through 2005, with deliveries of the
bomb fuzes starting in May 2004. The contract, which includes
options for eight additional years of production, has a total
potential value of $169.0 million to Kaman.  The JPF also
presents opportunities for other U.S. and European applications
as well.

The Joint Programmable Fuze provides critical improvement to the
Department of Defense's ability to respond to threats throughout
the world. The JPF, in conjunction with the Joint Direct Attack
Munitions (JDAM),  allows aircrews to change fuze settings
in-flight (prior to weapon release) to respond to a wide variety
of targets. The JPF will work with almost every mainstream guided
and unguided air-to-surface bomb in the Air Force and Navy
inventory, and can work as a delay fuze for hardened buried
targets, as a surface impact fuze for surface point targets, and
as an altitude burst fuze when used with a proximity sensor to
attack area targets. Being able to select these fuze operational
modes in flight significantly increases the flexibility and
effectiveness of the weapon. The JPF allows the users to purchase
one fuze to perform many missions and it can replace many
different types of fuzes that must be currently inventoried
around the world.

Joseph Lubenstein, president, Kaman Aerospace, said, "This is a
very significant milestone for our fuze business. Kaman acquired
Dayron in 2002 primarily because of the contract it held to
produce the JPF, and now that the qualification  phase has been
accomplished, we look forward to the JPF being an important
contributor to our business and a significant asset to the U.S.
Warfighter."

Kaman Aerospace Corp. is a subsidiary of Kaman Corp. (NASDAQ:
KAMNA) of Bloomfield, Conn. In addition to its fuzing business,
Kaman Aerospace is a subcontractor for aircraft structures and
components for commercial and military aircraft, including
applications on most current Boeing commercial airliners and the

                             Page 1
<page>

C-17 transport.  The company also offers the SH-2G Super
Seasprite naval helicopter, the K-MAXr medium-to heavy-lift
helicopter and designs and manufactures rugged environment mass
memory systems, precision non-contact measuring systems, and
electro-optic systems.

Kaman Corporation, based in Bloomfield, Conn., conducts business
in the aerospace, industrial distribution and music markets.

                             ###


Contact:
Russell H. Jones
SVP, Chief Investment Officer & Treasurer
Kaman Corporation
(860) 243-6307
rhj-corp@kaman.com



































                             Page 2
<page>