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, 2002, relating to the
consolidated balance sheets of Kaman Corporation and subsidiaries
as of December 31, 2001 and 2000 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, 2001, and the related schedule, which reports appear
or are incorporated by reference in the December 31, 2001 annual
report on Form 10-K of Kaman Corporation.



/s/ KPMG LLP


Hartford, Connecticut
March 14, 2002