8-K

                           UNITED STATES
                 SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                       Washington, D.C. 20549


                              FORM 8-K

         Current Report Pursuant to Section 13 or 15 (d) of
                 The Securities Exchange Act of 1934

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported):  September 8,
2003



                          KAMAN CORPORATION
         (Exact name of issuer as specified in its charter)





Connecticut                      0-1093           06-0613548
(State or other jurisdictions    (Commission      (I.R.S.
of Incorporation)                File Number)     Employer
                                                  Identification
                                                  No.)




                       1332 Blue Hills Avenue
                        Bloomfield, CT 06002
              (Address of principal executive offices)

       Registrant's telephone number, including area code:
                           (860)243-7100

                           Not Applicable
    (Former name or former address, if changed since last
report)













Item 5.  Other Events


       The Company issued a press release dated September 8, 2003
announcing that it has signed an agreement to acquire Industrial
Supplies, Inc. ("ISI"), an Alabama corporation located in
Birmingham, Alabama.  ISI was founded in 1946 and is a distributor
of a wide variety of bearing, conveyor, electrical, fluid power and
power transmission components used by manufacturing, mining,
steel, lumber, pulp and paper, food and other industries.  In
addition to its Birmingham facilities, ISI has branches in
Montgomery, Decatur and Muscle Shoals, Alabama, and in Pensacola,
Florida.  The company has annual sales of approximately $28.0
million and employs about 100 people.  Terms of the agreement are
not being disclosed.



Item 7. Financial Statements and Exhibits

(a)     Financial Statements of Business Acquired.
        Not Applicable.

(b)     Pro Forma Financial Information.
        Not Applicable.

(c)     Exhibits.

        The following document is filed as an Exhibit to this
        Report:

        Exhibit 99 - Press Release of the Company, dated
        September 8, 2003.




















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                             SIGNATURES



   Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act
of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this Report to be signed
on its behalf, by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.


                                 KAMAN CORPORATION


                                 /s/Robert M. Garneau
                                 Executive Vice President
                                 and Chief Financial
                                 Officer



Dated: September 8, 2003

































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                            EXHIBIT INDEX




   Exhibit          Description

     99             Press Release of the Company, dated
                    September 8, 2003












































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EX-99

      KAMAN TO ACQUIRE ASSETS OF INDUSTRIAL SUPPLIES, INC.

BLOOMFIELD, Conn.  (September 8, 2003) - Kaman Corp.
NASDAQ:KAMNA) today announced it has agreed to purchase the
assets and business of Industrial Supplies, Inc. (ISI),
Birmingham, Alabama.

The business will become part of Kaman's industrial distribution
subsidiary, Kaman Industrial Technologies, based in Windsor,
Conn.  The transaction is expected to close in the fourth
quarter. Terms were not disclosed.

Kaman is one of the largest U. S. distributors of bearings, power
transmission, and motion control products, distributing more than
1.5 million products to over 50,000 customers from 175 locations
in North America.

ISI, founded in 1946, is a distributor of a wide variety of
bearing, conveyor, electrical, fluid power and power transmission
components used by manufacturing, mining, steel, lumber, pulp and
paper, food and other industries.  In addition to its Birmingham
facilities, ISI has branches in Montgomery, Decatur and Muscle
Shoals, Alabama, and in Pensacola, Florida.  The company has
annual sales of approximately $28.0 million and employs about 100
people.

Paul R. Kuhn, chairman, president and chief executive officer of
Kaman  Corp., said, "The acquisition of this business expands our
presence in the increasingly important Southeast industrial
market. With the addition of Birmingham, Kaman now serves 68 of
the top 100 industrial markets in the United States, and it is
our intent to grow this segment of the company by expanding into
additional areas that enhance our ability to compete for large
regional and national accounts."

Lathrop Smith, president of ISI, said, "Kaman is one of the few
very strong players in this highly competitive business, and has
the financial resources and management systems needed to grow and
prosper.  Joining with them is in the best interests of ISI's
employees, customers and stockholders."  Smith, who has 39 years
service with ISI, has agreed to stay with Kaman to ensure a
smooth integration of ISI.

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

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Contact:
Russell H. Jones, SVP, CIO and Treasurer
(860) 243-6307
rhj-corp@kaman.com
www.kaman.com