8-K

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, DC 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): January 10, 2012

Kaman Corporation

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)

Connecticut

(State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation)

0-1093	06-0613548
(Commission File Number)	(IRS Employer Identification No.)
1332 Blue Hills Avenue, Bloomfield, Connecticut	06002
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)	(Zip Code)

(860) 243-7100

(Registrant's Telephone Number, Including Area Code)

Not Applicable

(Former Name or Former Address, if Changed Since Last Report)

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions (see General Instruction A.2. below):

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Item 7.01                      Regulation FD Disclosure.

From time to time, members of the Company’s senior management present information about the Company to investors.  A copy of the investor presentation dated January 10, 2012 is attached as Exhibit 99.1.  Such material may be presented to investors in the future.

The information in this Item 7.01, including Exhibit 99.1, is being furnished and shall not be deemed to be “filed” for purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, or otherwise subject to the liabilities of that Section and shall not be deemed incorporated by reference into any registration statement or other document filed pursuant to the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, except as shall be expressly set forth by specific reference in such filing.

Item 9.01                      Financial Statements and Exhibits

(d)         Exhibits

The following documents are furnished as Exhibits pursuant to Items 7.01 hereof:

Exhibit 99.1 - Investor Presentation dated January 10, 2012.

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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 hereunto duly authorized.

KAMAN CORPORATION
By:	/s/ Candace A. Clark
	Candace A. Clark
	Senior Vice President, Chief Legal Officer and Secretary

Date: January 10, 2012

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KAMAN CORPORATION AND SUBSIDIARIES

Index to Exhibits

Exhibit	Description
99.1	Investor Presentation dated January 10, 2012	Attached

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EX-99.1

Kaman Corporation (NASDAQ-GS: KAMN)

Kaman Corporation (NASDAQ-GS: KAMN)

Investor Presentation

January 10, 2012

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Investment Summary

§Significant long-term organic growth opportunities in Aerospace
and Industrial Distribution

§High margin Aerospace business benefiting from increasing
commercial aircraft build rates

§Stable defense platforms with incremental revenue coming from
new programs (e.g. A-10, AH-1Z, F-35)

§Industrial Distribution business growing organically, gaining scale
via acquisitions, and adding complementary product lines

§Investing in new product development, new product applications,
acquisitions and technology for long-term growth

§Strong balance sheet to drive growth and strategic initiatives

§Experienced management team

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Distribution

63%

Aerospace

37%

2010 Sales

§Kaman Corporation is a diversified company that conducts
business in the aerospace and industrial distribution markets

§The Company has two segments

–Industrial Distribution

•Third largest distributor in the power transmission/motion
control/fluid power market

•Offers over four million SKUs to over 50K customers

via 230 locations

–Aerospace

•Manufacturer and subcontractor in the global commercial
and military aerospace and defense market

•Diverse customer base of government divisions and blue
chip customers

§Publicly listed on NASDAQ with a market capitalization of
$733 million as of December 31, 2011

§2011 Expected sales of $1.5 billion(2); 4,800 Employees

Corporate Overview

(1) Operating profit after depreciation and before interest and corporate charges

(2) Based on 11/2/2011 Outlook

Distribution

31%

Aerospace

69%

2010 Segment

Operating Income (1)

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	Nine Months YTD 10/01/2010	Nine Months YTD 09/30/2011	Change
Sales	$953	$ 1,119	+17.4%
Earnings per share	$0.79(1)	$1.41(2)	+78.5%
Free cash flow	$12.6	$(3.9)	-131.0%
Market capitalization	$670	$734	+9.6%
Price per share	$ 25.83	$ 27.85	+7.8%

(In millions except per share amounts)

(1)Adjusted - excludes look back interest benefit of $6.6 million pretax ($0.17 per share per share, net of tax)

and an aerospace contract settlement of $2.0 million pretax ($.05 per share, net of tax).

(2)Adjusted - excludes $2.4 million pretax ($0.07 per share, net of tax) benefit associated with the death

of a former executive

Key Metrics

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AEROSPACE

2011 Sales $560 Million (11/2/2011 Outlook)

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Aerospace

OBJECTIVE:

§$1 billion in sales by 2014 / margins in the “high teens”

STRATEGY:

§DEPTH - Size/financial strength to address larger, integrated work
packages from primes/OEM’s and Tier 1’s

§DIVERSITY - Balance portfolio thru increased commercial content

§DIFFERENTIATION - Continue to move from build-to-print to design-
and-build for higher margins and more defensible positions

§DEVELOPMENT - Increased, focused investments in our people and
infrastructure to increase capabilities and support improved
performance

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Aerospace Business Drivers

§Continued outsourcing trend by OEMs and Super Tier 1s to increase
flexibility and lower costs

§High margin specialty bearing and aerostructure businesses
positioned to capitalize from significant ramp in commercial build
rates at Boeing and Airbus

§Defense platforms provide exposure to key vertical lift and reset
programs

§Legacy prime contractor capabilities provide attractive outsourcing
alternatives to today’s helicopter and fixed wing aircraft OEMs

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Defense

Commercial

Business/Regional

2010

$487M

2011 Expected(1)

$560M

+≈15%

Aerospace Sales

(1) Based on 11/2/2011 Outlook

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Fixed trailing edge

Fuel tank access doors

Top covers

Red denotes bearing products

Nose landing gear

Rudder

Main landing gear

Flaps

Horizontal stabilizer

Door assemblies

Engine/thrust reverser

Aircraft Programs/Capabilities

Flight controls

Doors

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Manufacture of cockpit

Blade erosion coating

Manufacture and assembly
of tail rotor pylon

Manufacture, sub assembly
and joining of fuselage

Blade manufacture,
repair and overhaul

Driveline couplings

Bushings

Flight control bearings

Aircraft Programs/Capabilities

Red denotes bearing products

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§Teamed with Lockheed Martin to develop
an unmanned military version of the
Kaman K-MAX commercial helicopter

§Lockheed Martin / Kaman team working
under a $45.8 million contract for the
evaluation of unmanned aircraft systems
by the USMC

-Two aircraft delivered under this
program to the USMC

-Successfully completed a five-day
Quick Reaction Assessment (QRA) in
August 2011

-USMC aircraft are currently
performing unmanned cargo resupply
missions in Afghanistan

§Lockheed Martin awarded $47 million
Army contract for unmanned K-MAX
development

Unmanned K-MAX®

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Aerospace - Budget Impact on Defense
Programs

§Defense business is comprised of programs largely unaffected by
proposed budget cuts

–UH-60 BLACK HAWK - relatively stable demand

–Joint Programmable Fuze - backlog into 2013, foreign demand, continued
sole source

–F-35 (Joint Strike Fighter) - incremental business at any production level

–A-10 - reset, new business (approximately $20M per year)

–AH-1Z - new business (up to $10M per year)

–C-17 - firm backlog into 2013, potential for additional foreign orders

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	Projected Deliveries
	2011	2014	% Increase
Boeing 777	75	100	+33%
Boeing 747	15	24	+60%
Boeing 737	376	484	+29%
Boeing 787	11	117	+ 964%
Airbus A320	409	454	+11%
Airbus A380	24	28	+17%
Airbus A350	0	21	-

Source:Jefferies Estimates

Positioned to Benefit from Ramp in
Commercial Production

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Other Growth Programs

§A-10 re-wing

§F-35 (Joint Strike Fighter)

§Bell Helicopter

–AH-1Z

–Commercial

§Learjet 85

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Acquisition of Vermont Composites

§Acquired November 4, 2011

§A leader in the design and manufacture of composite
aerostructures and advanced composite medical equipment

§Major platforms:

-V-22 Osprey

-P-8 Poseidon

-C-130 Hercules

-MH-60 BLACK HAWK

-Various UAV’s

§Expected 2011 annual sales of $32 million

§230 employees in Bennington, VT

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NOW

FUTURE/VISION

(1) Based on 11/2/2011 Outlook

Aerospace Strategic Transition

$560 Million sales(1)$1 Billion sales

15.3% to 15.5% Operating margin(1) “High Teens” operating margin

60% Build-to-print70% Design-and-build

65% Defense50% Defense/50% Commercial

Tier II/III SupplierSuper Tier II

Small, independent businessesIntegrated, coordinated,
synergistic business

Primarily domesticMulti-national

Competing on cost and manufacturingCompeting on design-and-build

capability
manufacturing capability, and
Intellectual Property

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INDUSTRIAL DISTRIBUTION

2011 Sales $950 Million(11/2/2011 Outlook)

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§Third largest industrial distribution firm serving the $23 billion power
transmission / motion control market.

§230 locations and 5 distribution centers

§Major product categories:

–Bearings

–Mechanical and electrical power transmission

–Fluid Power

–Motion control

–Automation

–Material handling

§Metrics:

–$470,000 sales per employee (2010)

–2,100 employees (approximately one third outside sales)

–4.0 million SKUs offered

–50,000+ customers

Industrial Distribution Overview

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Industrial Distribution

OBJECTIVE:

§$1.5 billion in sales - 7% operating profit margin by 2014

STRATEGY:

§SCALE/GROWTH - Broaden product offering organically and through
acquisitions.Expand geographic footprint to enhance position in the
national accounts market

§PRODUCTIVITY - Recognize benefits from organizational realignment
and implement multi-faceted technology investments

§PROFITABILITY - Recognize sales and cost synergies from the eight
acquisitions completed in 2010 and 2011.Enhance margins through new
higher margin product lines, a focus on pricing management and
leverage increased purchasing scale

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Acquisition of Catching FluidPower, Inc.

§Acquired December 15, 2011

§Distributor of a wide variety of product technologies including:
hydraulic and pneumatic pumps, motors, valves, cylinders,
manifolds, precision automation, instrumentation, hose and
fittings, connectors, filtration products, seals and all other
necessary fluid power components

§Six locations in Illinois and Indiana

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Product Category	Bearings & Mechanical Power Transmission (BPT)	Motion & Automation Control	Fluid Power and Control
% of 2011 Sales (approximate)	72%	16%	12%
Business Unit	Kaman Industrial Technologies (National)	Minarik (National)	Kaman Industrial Technologies (National) Catching (Regional) INRUMEC (Regional)
Acquisitions since 2008	•Industrial Supply Corp. •Allied Bearings Supply •Plains Bearing •Fawick de Mexico	•Minarik •Automation Technology •Target Electronic Supply	•Catching FluidPower •INRUMEC
Major Suppliers

Major Product Categories

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Executing Strategy and Building Network

(10/14/11)

(9/2/11)

(4/15/11)

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§Total 2011 sales are expected to be up approximately 15% to a
record $950 million(1) over the prior year

§Organic growth in 2011 was broad based

–10 of top 10 product categories were up year-over-year

–9 of top 10 end markets were up year-over-year

–9 of top 10 states were up year-over-year (1 was down 1%)

§Eight acquisitions completed in 2010 and 2011, accelerating the top
line and building scale (added approximately $208 million in sales on
a run rate basis)

§2010 acquisitions have been twice as accretive as expected

Growth Continues

Q311 Operating profit margin was 5.0%,

the seventh consecutive quarter of year-over-year improvement

(1) Based on 11/2/2011 Outlook

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Acquisition of Target Electronic Supply, Inc.

§Acquired September 2, 2011

§Expected 2012 sales of about $20 million

§A leader in the motion control systems market in New England with
branches in MA, CT and NH

§Adds motion control systems capabilities complementing Kaman’s
power transmission and Minarik’s automation offerings in New
England

§Adds additional scale to drive cost efficiencies and increase
leverage

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Industrial Distribution Opportunities

§Broaden product offering organically and through acquisition to win
additional business from existing customers and gain market share

§Enhance margins through new higher margin product lines, a focus
on pricing management and leverage from higher sales

§Expand higher margin fluid power business via Parker national
reseller agreement

§Recognize sales and cost synergies from the eight acquisitions
completed in 2010 and 2011

§Expand geographic footprint through additional acquisitions to
enhance Kaman’s position in the competition for national accounts

§Improve productivity through technology investments to enhance
return on sales

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Kaman Investment Merits

§A Leading Market Position in Both Business Segments

§Continued Focus on Profit Optimization, Increasing Cash
Flows and Strengthening Competitive Position

§Strong Liquidity and Conservative Financial Profile

-Investment Grade Rating (BBB-/Stable)

§Disciplined and Focused Acquisition Strategy

§Experienced Management Team

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APPENDIX

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FINANCIAL SUMMARY

37%

2010 Sales $1.32 Billion

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(1)

(2)

(3)

(3)

(1) Excludes a sales adjustment of $2.3 million related to a contract pricing settlement

(2) Excludes a $2.0 million pretax adjustment related to a contract pricing settlement

(3) Excludes the adjustment in note (2), which was $0.05 per share, net of tax; and a look back

interest benefit of $6.6 million pretax ($0.17 per share, net of tax)

Financial Highlights - Q3

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(1) Excludes a sales adjustment of $2.3 million related to a contract pricing settlement

(2) Excludes a $2.0 million pretax adjustment related to a contract pricing settlement

(3) Excludes the adjustment in note (2), which was $0.05, net of tax; and a look back interest

benefit of $6.6 million pretax ($0.17 per share, net of tax)

(4) Excludes $2.4 million pretax ($0.07 per share, net of tax) benefit associated with the death of a former executive

(1)

(2)

(3)

(3)

(4)

(4)

Financial Highlights - Nine Months YTD

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(1)Adjusted - excludes $6.4 million goodwill impairment, $2.0 million aerospace contract settlement and

$6.6 look-back interest benefit

Financial Highlights - Full Year 2010

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(In Millions)	As of 9/30/2011	As of 12/31/10	As of 12/31/09
Cash and Cash Equivalents	$15.2	$32.2	$18.0
Notes Payable and Long-term Debt	$ 149.7	$ 148.4	$63.6
Shareholders’ Equity	$ 399.4	$ 362.7	$ 312.9
Debt as % of Total Capitalization	27.3%	29.0%	16.9%
Capital Expenditures	$19.41	$21.5	$13.6
Depreciation & Amortization	$16.61	$20.5	$16.1

1 For the nine months ended 9/30/2011

Balance Sheet and Capital Factors

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Forward Looking Statement

This presentation contains forward-looking information relating to the Company's business and prospects, including the Aerospace and
Industrial Distribution businesses, operating cash flow, and other matters that involve a number of uncertainties that may cause actual results
to differ materially from expectations. Those uncertainties include, but are not limited to: 1) the successful conclusion of competitions for
government programs and thereafter contract negotiations with government authorities, both foreign and domestic; 2) political conditions in
countries where the Company does or intends to do business; 3) standard government contract provisions permitting renegotiation of terms
and termination for the convenience of the government; 4) satisfactory conclusion to government inquiries or investigations regarding
government programs; 5) domestic and foreign economic and competitive conditions in markets served by the Company, particularly the
defense, commercial aviation and industrial production markets; 6) risks associated with successful implementation and ramp up of significant
new programs; 7) potential difficulties associated with variable acceptance test results, given sensitive production materials and extreme test
parameters; 8) management's success in increasing the volume of profitable work at the Wichita facility; 9) successful resale of the SH-2G(I)
aircraft, equipment and spare parts; 10) receipt and successful execution of production orders for the JPF U.S. government contract, including
the exercise of all contract options and receipt of orders from allied militaries, as all have been assumed in connection with goodwill
impairment evaluations; 11) satisfactory resolution of(i) the Company's litigation relating to the FMU-143 program and (ii) the Wichita
subpoena matter; 12) continued support of the existing K-MAX® helicopter fleet, including sale of existing K-MAX® spare parts inventory; 13)
cost estimates associated with environmental remediation activities at the Bloomfield, Moosup and New Hartford, CT facilities and our U.K.
facilities; 14) profitable integration of acquired businesses into the Company's operations; 15) changes in supplier sales or vendor incentive
policies; 16) the effects of price increases or decreases; 17) the effects of pension regulations, pension plan assumptions and future
contributions; 18) future levels of indebtedness and capital expenditures; 19) continued availability of raw materials and other commodities in
adequate supplies and the effect of increased costs for such items; 20) the effects of currency exchange rates and foreign competition on
future operations; 21) changes in laws and regulations, taxes, interest rates, inflation rates and general business conditions; 22) future
repurchases and/or issuances of common stock; and 23) other risks and uncertainties set forth in the Company's annual, quarterly and
current reports, proxy statements and other filings with the SEC. Any forward-looking information provided in this presentation should be
considered with these factors in mind. The Company assumes no obligation to update any forward-looking statements contained in this
presentation.

Contact: Eric Remington

V.P., Investor Relations

(860) 243-6334

Eric.Remington@kaman.com