Kaman Corporation operates in the aerospace and industrial distribution markets. The company's Distribution segment distributes power transmission/motion control industrial products, including bearings, mechanical and electrical power transmission, fluid power, motion control, automation, and materials handling components; and electrical control and power distribution, as well as maintenance, repair, and operations supplies. The segment offers its products through approximately 200 branches, distribution centers, and call centers in the United States, including Puerto Rico, and Mexico. Its Aerospace segment produces and/or markets proprietary aircraft bearings and components; and complex metallic and composite aerostructures for commercial, military, and general aviation fixed and rotary wing aircraft. This segment also provides safe and arming solutions for missile and bomb systems for the U.S. and allied militaries; support for its maritime helicopters, and manned and unmanned medium-to-heavy lift helicopters; and engineering design, analysis, and certification services, as well as subcontracts helicopter work. Kaman Corporation also operates in the United Kingdom, Germany, Australia, and New Zealand. The company was founded in 1945 and is headquartered in Bloomfield, Connecticut.