Kaman Corp., Bloomfield, Connecticut, this week announced the appointments of Russell Bartlett as COO and Kristen Samson as CMO. Both were hired after stints at Textron Inc.

Prior to joining Kaman, Bartlett served as president and CEO of Textron Airborne Solutions, a division of Textron. And Samson joins Kaman from Textron, where she served as the vice president of marketing and communications for Textron Systems.