DJI Matrice 4T — Thermal Inspection & Search Drone

The Matrice 4T is built for the jobs where seeing the invisible matters most. Four cameras, a thermal sensor, a laser rangefinder, and AI-powered detection — all on a single 3-axis stabilised gimbal in a compact airframe that launches in 15 seconds. Whether you're doing power line inspections, search and rescue, wildlife monitoring, or infrastructure assessments at night, the M4T gives you everything you need without swapping payloads or changing platforms.

It shares the same airframe as the Matrice 4E but swaps the mapping-focused wide camera for a larger aperture sensor and adds a full thermal imaging system — making it the choice when heat, darkness, or long-range detection is the priority.

Thermal Camera

• Uncooled vanadium oxide (VOx) sensor

• Standard resolution: 640×512 at 30fps

• Ultra High Resolution (UHR) mode: up to 1280×1024

• 53mm equivalent focal length, f/1.0 aperture

• Temperature measurement range: -20°C to 150°C (High Gain) / 0°C to 550°C (Low Gain)

• Temperature accuracy: ±2°C or ±2% (High Gain)

• 10 colour palettes including White Hot, Black Hot, Iron Red, Rainbow, and Medical

Visual Camera System

• Wide-angle: 1/1.3-inch CMOS, 48MP, f/1.7, 24mm equivalent — large aperture for superior low-light performance

• 3x medium telephoto: 1/1.3-inch CMOS, 48MP, 70mm equivalent — identify detail at 10m from power lines and structures

• 7x telephoto: 1/1.5-inch CMOS, 48MP, 168mm equivalent — positive identification from 250m

• 112x hybrid zoom

• Night Scene Mode with ISO up to 819,200 on the telephoto lens

Night Operations

• NIR auxiliary light illuminates up to 100m in complete darkness

• IR-Cut Filter automatically adapts between day and night conditions

• Full-colour night vision across three modes with enhanced noise reduction

• Six HD low-light fisheye lenses for obstacle avoidance in the dark

Laser Rangefinder

• 1800m measurement range

• GPS coordinate tagging of targets from distance

• Point marking, line drawing, and area calculation via DJI Pilot 2

• Accuracy: ±(0.2 + 0.0015 × D) metres

AI & Intelligence

• Real-time AI detection of people, vehicles, and boats

• Smart Track for target following

• Cruise control mode for consistent-speed searches

• Observation range recording — maps what ground area the camera has covered, no landmark required

• Third-party AI model support via onboard computing

Flight Performance

• 49-minute flight time

• 15-second rapid takeoff

• Max speed 21m/s

• Integrated RTK module — centimetre-level positioning without ground control points

• GNSS + Vision Fusion for Return to Home even without satellite signal

• 25km transmission range (4G enhanced)

Controller

• DJI RC Plus 2 Enterprise — 7-inch 1400-nit touchscreen

• IP54 rated, operates from -20°C to 50°C

• O4 Enterprise with SDR/4G hybrid transmission

• 3.8-hour internal battery life