AeroVironment $AVAV secures a $405M international order for LOCUST X3 laser defense systems in the Middle East. The lasers are designed to stop small and midsize drones at a lower cost than missile interceptors, with firing capacity limited mainly by power and cooling.

Aero is Pulling Ahead in the Tokenized Stocks Market Aero (@aeroxyz) $AERO says it has become the leading exchange for tokenized stocks since launch. Its cumulative trading volume has reached $1.96 billion. This puts it ahead of Uniswap (@Uniswap) $UNI at $1.60 billion, Raydium (@Raydium) $RAY at $780 million, metric at $720 million, and ZeroFi at $640 million. Blockworks data covers the period from October 22 to November 8. Aero also claims nearly 25% of all onchain equity activity.

Aero’s latest buyback skips the burn The Momentum Fund, the Aero Foundation’s flagship program for @aeroxyz, bought 243K $AERO this week and staked all of it. Like any other staker, the fund can now use those tokens to steer rewards to trading markets and earn a share of exchange revenue. The fund times its buys to market conditions rather than a fixed schedule, and it never sells. Its two earlier buybacks, about 174K and 233K AERO, were burned outright.

Aero hits $500 BILLION in total volume. @aeroxyz has smashed past the $500,000,000,000 lifetime DEX volume milestone. According to data from DefiLlama, $AERO's total now stands at $501.15 billion. Even more impressive is the fact that, while the first $250B took 1,148 days to accrue, the second $250B took only 476 days, per @MSBIntel.

Aero, the decentralized exchange formed by the October 22 merger of Aerodrome and Velodrome, has reached about $499.6 billion in cumulative trading volume per DefiLlama. Stakers of $AERO receive all of the exchange's revenue. Story:

Aero is Getting Aggressive With its Token Burns Aero (@aeroxyz) has carried out another $AERO buyback and burn, removing 233,000 tokens. It was the second such operation last week. The AeroFoundation says its Momentum Fund adjusts purchases according to market conditions rather than following a fixed schedule. The strategy has already been tested. Aero's predecessor, the Public Goods Fund, bought back 8.7 million AERO across 13 epochs. During peak volatility, weekly purchases reached the equivalent of 27.5% of that week's token issuance. The Momentum Fund holds more sAERO than any other participant in the ecosystem. Rather than selling its holdings, it puts them to work in markets and earns exchange revenue. The income can then support buybacks, burns, or ecosystem contributors.

Aero launches brand-new 'Autopilot' tool for stakers. @aeroxyz finished the month in style, announcing its new 'Autopilot' tool specificially for $AERO stakers. Through the tool, sAERO holders can automate activities such as... - pool selection - reallocation - rewards/revenue claiming For now, the pool allows users to accrue rewards automatically in either $sAERO itself, or the $USDC stablecoin.