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A gray DJI Matrice 4 series drone with a multi-sensor camera payload hovers in front of a glass office facade.

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DHS Left DJI's Scores Out of Its Blue UAS Report. Here They Are

A DHS addendum marked For Official Use Only scores DJI's Matrice 4T at 4.6 and Matrice 30T at 4.3 at Hudson Yards, against 3.7 for the Skydio X10D.

Haye KestelooOct 1

Gray DJI Matrice 5TD prototype drone on asphalt with arms folded, a cylindrical antenna and dark dome on the top deck, and a multi-window gimbal

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DJI Matrice 5TD Surfaces In China Filing, 750 g Heavier Than 4TD

A Chinese drone-registration entry names the DJI Matrice 5TD at 2.6 kg, and a leaked render prints the name. The dock drone gains 750 g on the Matrice 4TD.

Haye KestelooSep 27

Thermal drone imagery of five elephants glowing orange and purple against dark bush, each framed by a white AI detection box labeled ELEPHANT #01 through #03

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DJI Names 15 Onboard AI Challenge Winners, From Banana Farms to Bridge Cracks

DJI names 15 winners in its Enterprise Drone Onboard AI Challenge 2026, from a Colombian banana farm crop counter to closed-loop traffic inspection in China.

Haye KestelooAug 21

Purported DJI Matrice 5 prototype drone sitting on wet asphalt with extended landing gear and a multi-sensor gimbal

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DJI Matrice 5 Leak Shows Integrated LiDAR And Five-Window Gimbal On Next Enterprise Flagship

Leaked photos from Igor Bogdanov show a purported DJI Matrice 5 with what appears to be built-in LiDAR, RTK, and a five-window gimbal with laser rangefinder.

Haye KestelooJul 27

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DJI EV50 Debuts As Company’s First EVTOL Delivery Drone With A 29,072-Foot Everest Flight And No Word On When You Can Buy One

DJI revealed its first eVTOL delivery drone today, the DJI EV50, and it announced the aircraft’s existence by disclosing that it already flew to 29,072 feet (8,861 meters) on the north side of Mount Everest. The fixed-wing cargo aircraft carried ozone-measuring equipment for Peking University researchers over a 12-day campaign in the Qomolangma National Nature…

Haye KestelooJul 9

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DJI Matrice 4 Series Drones Multiply German Fawn Rescues Twentyfold Before Mowing Season

A Bavarian wildlife group that once pulled 10 to 15 fawns a year out of meadows before the mowers arrived now saves between 300 and 350, and the difference is a thermal camera in the sky. Rehkitz-Rettung Mangfalltal, a volunteer rescue organization operating in the Mangfall valley south of Munich, has folded the DJI Matrice…

Haye KestelooJul 1

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DJI O4 Ground Station Pushes Dock 3 Programs Past Network Dead Zones

DJI's O4 Ground Station extends Dock 3 drone coverage to 30 km via FlightHub 2 and 40 km in relay mode with the Matrice 400, built for off-grid ops.

Haye KestelooJun 16

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DJI Matrice 4E Maps 29 Native Species Across 130 Hectares In Open-Source Flora Study

A surveyor running an environmental baseline study used a DJI Matrice 4E and free open-source software to identify, classify, and geolocate every individual plant of 29 native species across a 130-hectare site. Pablo Carranza shared the work in the Drone Mapping and Processing group, posting annotated orthophotos that show hundreds of tree crowns outlined and…

Haye KestelooJun 9

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