Steven J. Smidler Appointed Senior Vice President and Chief Operating Officer at Kaman Industrial Technologies

Steven J. Smidler Appointed Senior Vice President and Chief Operating Officer
at Kaman Industrial Technologies

BLOOMFIELD, Conn., Nov. 4 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Kaman Corporation
(Nasdaq: KAMN) announced today that its subsidiary, Kaman Industrial
Technologies Corporation has appointed Steven J. Smidler to the newly created
position of Senior Vice President and Chief Operating Officer, reporting to T.
Jack Cahill, President, effective December 1, 2009.

Smidler, 50, will oversee the company's sales, marketing, customer service and
operational functions. Smidler joins Kaman from Lenze Americas Corporation
where he served as Executive Vice President, with responsibility for
marketing, sales, finance, business systems and product technology for the
Americas. Smidler was also a member of the management committee of the Lenze
Group, Germany, and held the position of President and Treasurer for Lenze
Americas and served as a Board member for the Lenze ACTech production company.

"Steve is an excellent fit for Kaman Industrial Technologies. He brings 28
years of experience in high technology products, sales management, marketing
and general management," Cahill stated. "Steve's many years of customer
interaction in the same industries that Kaman serves, and his knowledge of
electrical, mechanical and fluid power products, position him to engage
immediately with Kaman's sales and operating organizations. This experience
and his thorough knowledge of international markets and global customers will
be extremely valuable as Kaman Industrial Technologies implements its
long-term growth strategy."

Smidler is a 1981 graduate of Purdue University with a bachelor's degree in
electrical engineering technology. He received an MBA from the Fuqua School
of Business at Duke University in 2007. Prior to joining Lenze, Smidler held
executive positions at Eaton Corporation's Powerware Division and Rockwell
Automation's Global Manufacturing Solutions Group. Smidler has had
assignments throughout the Americas and Europe.

Steve and his wife Cindy have most recently lived in Raleigh, North Carolina
and will relocate to Connecticut.

Kaman Industrial Technologies Corporation, a leading distributor of industrial
parts, operates nearly 200 customer service centers and five distribution
centers across North America. Kaman offers more than two million items
including bearings, power transmission, electrical, material handling, motion
control, fluid power and MRO supplies to customers in a variety of industries.
Additionally, Kaman provides value-added services such as engineering and
design support for electrical, linear, hydraulic and pneumatic systems as well
as belt and rubber fabrication, reducer build, hose assemblies, custom
modifications, repair services, fluid analysis and motor management.

Kaman Corp., headquartered in Bloomfield, Conn. also conducts business in the
aerospace market. The company produces and/or markets widely used proprietary
aircraft bearings and components; complex metallic and composite
aerostructures for commercial, military and general aviation fixed and rotary
wing aircraft; safing and arming solutions for missile and bomb systems for
the U.S. and allied militaries; subcontract helicopter work; and support for
the company's SH-2G Super Seasprite maritime helicopters and K-MAX
medium-to-heavy lift helicopters.

SOURCE Kaman Corporation

Eric Remington, VP, Investor Relations, Kaman Corporation, +1-860-243-6334,
eric.remington@kaman.com, or David Mayer, VP, Marketing, Kaman Industrial
Technologies Corporation, +1-860-502-5185, david.mayer@kaman.com