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Kaman To Continue Providing Helo Parts For Bell Helicopter

Tuesday, March 31st, 2015

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Kaman Corp. [KAMN] April 30 said its Aerosystems division would continue making helicopter components for Bell Helicopter Textron [TXT] under a five-year contract that could be worth more than $25 million.Kaman will manufacture skin and skin to core components for the Bell UH-1Y and AH-1Z helicopters at its Composite Structures facility in Bloomfield, Conn.“We are proud to have been awarded this follow-on contract from Bell Helicopter. We began supplying these components in 2010 and we are delighted to continue this…

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