Exhibit 5

MURTHA CULLINA LLP
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                                   June 10, 2004

Securities and Exchange Commission
450 Fifth Street, N.W.
Washington, D.C.  20549


     Re:  Registration Statement on Form S-8 Relating to the
          Kaman Corporation 2003 Stock Incentive Plan

Ladies and Gentlemen:

     We have acted as counsel to Kaman Corporation, a Connecticut
corporation (the "Company"), in connection with the preparation
and filing of the above-captioned Registration Statement on Form
S-8 (the "Registration Statement") registering 3,246,460
shares of Class A Common Stock, par value $1.00 per share, of the
Company ("Class A Common Stock") for issuance from time-to-time
under the Kaman Corporation 2003 Stock Incentive Plan (the
"Plan").  The Company has asked us to furnish you with our
opinion as to the matters hereinafter set forth in support of the
Registration Statement.

     In rendering this opinion, we have reviewed originals or
copies, certified or otherwise authenticated to our satisfaction,
of the Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation, Bylaws
(as amended through February 17, 2004) and other records of the
corporate proceedings of the Company and such other documents,
including the Plan, as we have deemed necessary.  As to various
questions of fact material to our opinion, we have relied upon
statements of fact contained in the documents we have examined or
made to us by officers of the Company, who by reason of their
positions would be expected to have knowledge of such facts.  In
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such other and further investigations as we have deemed necessary
in order to express the opinions hereinafter set forth.

     Based upon and subject to the foregoing, we are of the
opinion that, upon the effectiveness of the Registration
Statement, the 3,246,460 shares of Class A Common Stock
which may be issued and sold from time-to-time by the Company
pursuant to the Plan will be, when issued in accordance with the
provisions of the Plan, validly issued, fully paid and
nonassessable shares of Class A Common Stock.

     We hereby consent to the filing of this opinion as an
exhibit to the Registration Statement.

                              Very truly yours,

                              MURTHA CULLINA LLP


                              By: /s/ Willard F. Pinney, Jr.
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                                 Willard F. Pinney, Jr.
                                 A Partner of the Firm