EXHIBIT 23
  
                   CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT AUDITORS
  
  
KPMG LLP
Certified Public Accountants
CityPlace II
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 27, 1999, relating to the
consolidated balance sheets of Kaman Corporation and subsidiaries
as of December 31, 1998 and 1997 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, 1998, and the related schedule, which reports appear
or are incorporated by reference in the December 31, 1998 annual
report on Form 10-K of Kaman Corporation.
  
  
  
/s/ KPMG LLP
  
  
Hartford, Connecticut
March 16, 1999