Robert D. Starr Appointed Vice President and Treasurer at Kaman Corp.

BLOOMFIELD, Conn., April 29 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Kaman Corp. (NasdaqGS:
KAMN) today announced the appointment of Robert D. Starr, 41, as Vice
President and Treasurer, reporting to William C. Denninger, Senior Vice
President and Chief Financial Officer.

Starr joins Kaman from Crane Company (NYSE: CR), Stamford, Connecticut, a $2.6
billion diversified manufacturer of highly engineered industrial products,
where he served as Assistant Treasurer. His responsibilities will include
oversight of the treasury department, banking relationships, capital market
transactions and investment management administration of the company's pension
assets.

Denninger said, "Rob brings with him twenty years of experience in the finance
and treasury functions. He possesses a wealth of capital markets knowledge
and that familiarity will be extremely valuable to the company as we continue
to implement our long-term growth strategy."

Prior to joining Crane, Starr served as Managing Director, Corporate Finance
at Aetna, Inc. Hartford, Connecticut and as Director, Capital Markets and Risk
Management at Fisher Scientific International, Inc. Hampton, New Hampshire.
He was previously an associate at both Salomon Smith Barney in New York and
Chase Securities, Inc. in New York and Singapore. He is a 1989 graduate of
the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, with a bachelor's degree in
accounting, and in 1997 he received an MBA in finance and marketing from the
University of Chicago Graduate School of Business. He is a Certified Public
Accountant

Rob, his wife Ming and their children Ari, Zachary and Elias will relocate to
the Bloomfield area.

SOURCE Kaman Corp.

Eric Remington, Vice President, Investor Relations for Kaman Corp.,
+1-860-243-6334, Eric.Remington@kaman.com