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White DJI Matrice 4TD drone with twin spotlights and a speaker mounted on top, hovering in front of a sunlit forest

Public Safety · Search & Rescue

White County's New Rescue Drone Is a DJI Matrice 4TD It Didn't Name

White County, Georgia, bought a rain-capable DJI Matrice 4TD with SPLOST money. Neither Georgia ban bill became law, and federal rules allow it.

Haye KestelooOct 263 min read

Black quadcopter drone with tall landing legs and a camera gimbal flying against a cloudy sky

Belgium

DJI Dock 4 Demoed for Belgian First Responders. US Teams Can't Buy It

Belgium's state drone pilot course turned 10 at PLOT in Genk, where DJI Dock 4 got a live demo two days after launch. US rescuers can't buy it.

Haye KestelooOct 20

Grayscale thermal drone image looking straight down on rows of tall standing crop, with a body-shaped heat signature between the rows near the center highlighted in red and a second warm spot at the left edge

Search & Rescue

Iowa Sheriff's Thermal Drone Finds Crash Driver Unhurt in a Field

Iowa deputies feared a Harcourt crash driver was thrown clear. A thermal drone from a team a 2020 pipeline donation seeded found the driver unhurt.

Haye KestelooOct 19

Gray DJI Matrice 4T drone with a spotlight and thermal gimbal on a white folding table next to a DJI RC Plus 2 controller and an open screen case, on a gravel construction site

Search & Rescue

Carolina Rescue Team Flies New DJI M4T, Calls the Ban Overreach

Charleston's all-volunteer Carolina Emergency Response Team trained on a new DJI Matrice 4T and called the DJI ban overreach nobody has time for.

Haye KestelooOct 19

Kyle Nordfors in a red Weber County Search and Rescue shirt holds a DJI Matrice 30T overhead with one arm against a blue sky, propellers spinning, as a second man watches from behind

Police

DJI Curbs Hit Police Budgets: $10,500 Matrice vs. $21,000 US Rival

One Ocean County, NJ sheriff's drone kit costs $29,428. NPR priced a US-made rival at twice DJI's Matrice 400, and sheriffs want an FCC exemption.

Haye KestelooOct 13

Man pointing at a redacted DHS report ranking the DJI Matrice 4T above competing drones, with the Matrice 4T on the table

Blue sUAS

DHS Tested DJI Against Blue UAS and Hid the Scores. Why Weren't We Told?

A DHS addendum obtained by DroneXL scores the DJI Matrice 4T at 4.6 and the Matrice 30T at 4.3 at Hudson Yards, above the Skydio X10D at 3.7. The public report left those numbers out. I think we're allowed to ask why.

Russ 51 DronesOct 2

Kyle Nordfors in a red Weber County Search and Rescue shirt and sunglasses holds a DJI Matrice 30T overhead with one arm against a blue sky, propellers spinning, with a second man in a dark jacket watching from behind.

DOCKET 26-189

Utah Rescue Captain Tells DC the FCC Drone Ban Will Cost Lives

Kyle Nordfors takes the FCC drone ban fight to The Hill: 25 to 30 lives saved, searches cut from 4.5 hours to under one, no US drone that matches.

Haye KestelooOct 2

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

DHS addendum

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

Public Safety

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