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