Kaman Aircraft

The Kaman Corporation is a U.S. based company with headquarters in Bloomfield, in the state of Connecticut.

History

The company was founded in 1945 by Charles Kaman Huron ( 1919-2011 ), employed a total of 4,032 employees in 2009 and achieved a turnover of 1.14 billion U.S. dollars. Kaman is on the NASDAQ (symbol: KAMN ) listed. Neal J. Keating has been operating since September 2007 as Chairman of the company. Keating was previously at companies such as GKN plc and Rockwell Collins.

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Kaman Aerospace

The Kaman Aerospace Corporation is an American helicopter manufacturer. In 1945, the entrepreneur and helicopter pioneer Charles Huron Kaman founded at the age of 26 years in the garage of his mother's house in West Hartford the company. He also laid the foundation stone for the present Kaman Corporation. Kaman brought in 1951 the first helicopter of the type K -225 on the market, which was equipped with a gas turbine.

Another model of Kaman 's K- Max, which is particularly suitable for heavy transports. Both types have the particularity of intermeshing rotors, the Flettner rotor double. A tail rotor is superfluous, without exhibiting the disadvantages of coaxial rotor and tandem configuration. The concept is attributed to Anton Flettner, who worked as chief designer at Kaman 1947-1958. The SH-2 Seasprite is a ship -based helicopters for anti-submarine warfare.

Types

The following types of helicopters produced by the company:

  • K -125
  • K -190
  • K -225
  • K -240 ( HTK -1)
  • K- 600 ( HOK-1/HUK-1 )
  • K -600 (H -43A Huskie )
  • K -600 -3 ( HH- 43B Huskie II)
  • K -600 -5 ( HH- 43F Huskie )
  • K -16B V / STOL experimental aircraft
  • K -17 experimental helicopter
  • KSA -100 Aercab ( Autogyro )
  • K -1125 Huskie III ( civil helicopters)
  • K -20 ( UH-2/SH-2 Seasprite )
  • K -1200 K -MAX

Kaman Industrial Technologies

The company also manufactures the cockpit of the Sikorsky UH -60 Black Hawk, parts of the Boeing C- 17 and the Boeing 777 as well as electric motors and small parts.

Kaman Music

The Kaman Music Corporation, to which the company Ovation heard until December 2007 was the largest retailer of musical instruments and accessories in the U.S. market. Over five months, beginning in June 2007, Kaman negotiated with the Fender Musical Instruments Corporation ( FMIC ) on the takeover. On 29 October 2007 FMIC announced the acquisition together with the purchase price in the amount of 117 million U.S. dollars.

Types of business entity International Securities Identification Number Bloomfield (Connecticut) Contra-rotating propellers Kaman K-225 Kaman SH-2 Seasprite Ovation Guitar Company
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