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DJI Matrice 5T

Inspection and search and rescue for utilities and emergency services, with high-resolution thermal in a folding design.

Overview

The DJI Matrice 5T is the manually flown version of the Matrice 5TD, the aircraft inside DJI Dock 4. It carries the same 1280 × 1024 thermal camera, wide and zoom cameras and 3 km laser rangefinder, but your pilot flies it from a remote controller, so your team can launch wherever the job is.

Thermal and zoom in your crew's hands

Pack it in the ute and launch on site in minutes. One flight gives you the thermal picture, the close-up detail and the coordinates of what you've found.

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Goes where the job is

No dock or site install. Your pilot takes it to the asset, the incident or the search area, wherever that is on the day.

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Faster answers

Find a hot bearing, a damaged insulator or a missing person from the air, without walking the site or waiting on a ground search.

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Detail from a safe distance

176x hybrid zoom and a 3 km laser rangefinder let you inspect and locate targets without getting close to live or unstable assets.

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Safer work

Fewer people working at height, near live assets or searching rough terrain on foot.

DJI Matrice 5T for mining, utilities and emergency services

Thermal inspection and search capability your crews can carry to sites that are big, remote and hard to get to.

Thermal image of substation bushings with spot temperature readings

Mining

Fly thermal and zoom inspections of conveyors, crushers, pipelines and fixed plant without sending crews into the pit or up a structure. The 1280 × 1024 thermal camera picks up hot idlers and bearings early, and 11x zoom gets close detail from a safe distance.

DJI Matrice 5T thermal view of a solar farm during an AI patrol route in DJI Pilot 2

Utilities and infrastructure

Inspect substations, transmission lines and pipeline corridors on demand, or follow up quickly after a storm or fault. Rotating LiDAR and mmWave radar help the aircraft sense power lines, so your pilot can work near the network with more confidence.

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Search and rescue and emergency response

Thermal and full-colour night vision help find people and hotspots in the dark, through smoke or across thick bush, and 176x hybrid zoom can read a licence plate from 400 m. Add the optional spotlight and speaker to light up a scene and talk to people on the ground.

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Thermal & zoom on every flight

1280 × 1024 thermal, plus wide, 3x and 11x zoom cameras.

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Built for dust, heat & rain

Aircraft rated IP55, operating from −20 °C to 50 °C.

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Sees in the dark

Full-colour night vision down to 0.01 lux on the wide camera, and monochrome night vision on the 11x tele.

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Up to 59 minutes in the air

Enough range to reach a target 3 km away in under 3 minutes.

Hardware

Built for heat, dust and remote Australian sites

DJI Matrice 5T inspecting high-voltage transmission lines

Matrice 5T

The Matrice 5T carries four cameras: 1280 × 1024 thermal, a 50 MP wide camera, and 3x and 11x zoom cameras with up to 176x hybrid zoom. A laser rangefinder measures out to 3 km, so one flight gives you the thermal picture, the close-up and the coordinates.

A 360° LiDAR picks up wires from 32 m away, backed by forward, upward and downward mmWave radar and all-round full-colour vision, and built-in ADS-B and Remote ID receivers flag other aircraft nearby. It's rated IP55 and operates from −20 °C to 50 °C, so dust and summer heat don't ground it.

Remote controller and accessories

Your pilot flies the Matrice 5T from the DJI RC Plus 3 Enterprise (sold separately), with a 7.44-inch, 2000-nit screen that stays readable in full sun. DJI O4 Enterprise transmission reaches up to 20 km under Australian (CE) conditions, with sub-2 GHz anti-interference, relay mode and dual built-in 4G as backup.

Carry up to 400 g of accessories, including the AL2 spotlight with integrated spot and flood lights and the AS2 speaker with a built-in warning light. A 515W charging hub keeps batteries turning over between flights.

DJI Matrice 5T with the DJI RC Plus 3 Enterprise, spotlight, speaker and charging hub
Hubs and managed operations

Ready to automate?

When flying the same routes every week becomes the bottleneck, DJI Dock 4 with the Matrice 5TD runs those flights automatically. Our Hubs add the power and connectivity a dock needs, as the off-grid HubX® trailer or the more permanently installed HubT®, and can be fully managed from our Sydney-based Remote Operations Centre.

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Software

From planning to data delivery, in one platform

Compliance and mission planning with CuroRPA

CuroRPA is where your Matrice 5T operations are planned and managed. Plan missions, manage your pilots and aircraft, and keep the flight records your ReOC depends on in one place. It enforces your operator's own rules on every flight, in line with CASA standards, so compliance is built into the work rather than chased afterwards.

Curo live dock control screen showing dock camera feeds and a satellite map
Aerial close-up of a transmission tower insulator during a power line inspection

Prefer DJI FlightHub 2?

The Matrice 5T also works with DJI FlightHub 2. Stream live video to people back at base or in the incident control room, while onboard AI detects more than 20 target types as you fly and can run third-party algorithms.

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What you need to operate the Matrice 5T

Flying it well takes more than the hardware. Here's what's involved, and where we can help.

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Training

Pilots need a Remote Pilot Licence (RePL), and the business running the flights needs a ReOC.

How we help: RePL, ReOC, Chief Remote Pilot and BVLOS training, tailored to your team.

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CASA approvals

Night, BVLOS and flights near people need extra CASA approval. Built-in ADS-B and Remote ID receivers help your pilot keep track of other aircraft.

How we help: we hold a ReOC and BVLOS broad area approval, so we can fly it for you.

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Batteries and kit

Enough Matrice 5 Series batteries to cover a full shift, the 515W charging hub in the vehicle or at the depot, and a rugged case for the trip to site. Batteries don't hot-swap, but the aircraft is ready to take off again as little as 10 seconds after a battery change.

How we help: we'll put together a kit that matches your shifts and sites.

DJI Matrice 5T pricing and availability in Australia

Buy the aircraft and fly it yourself, add our help to get your team up and running, or let us run operations for you.

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Standalone hardware

DJI Matrice 5T

Price on enquiry
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  • DJI RC Plus 3 Enterprise
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Final price depends on your setup and add-ons.

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Set-up, training and support

Price on enquiry
Quoted to your site
  • Kit recommendation
  • Aircraft set-up and configuration
  • Operator training
  • Ongoing support
Operated by Sphere

Managed Hub

Price on enquiry
Scoped to your operation
  • HubX or HubT system
  • 24/7 operations from our Remote Operations Centre
  • Data delivered to you

Matrice 5T or DJI Dock 4?

Same cameras, two ways to fly. Choose based on how often you fly the same job.

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Best for
Pilot-flown inspection, search and response across many sites
Automated, repeat inspection and response at one site
Jobs it suits
Ad hoc inspections, search and rescue, incident response
Scheduled asset inspection, alarm response, site security
How it flies
Your pilot, from a remote controller
Automatically from the dock, monitored remotely
The data you get
Thermal, zoom and night-vision imagery, plus live video
The same imagery, captured on a set schedule with nobody on site

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DJI Matrice 5T guides

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Why Sphere

We don’t just sell drones. We turn data into better decisions.

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Approved to fly for you

We hold a CASA ReOC and Broad Area BVLOS Approval, so we can run operations for you under our own approvals.

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Operators, not just resellers

Our team runs remote operations every day from our Remote Operations Centre, our 24/7 Sydney-based operations centre.

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Local support for the long haul

Training and setup from our Australian team, with servicing and support for the life of your fleet.

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Our own hardware and software

We design and build our Hubs and Curo software in Australia, so you can grow from one drone to automated operations.

DJI Matrice 5T specifications

Cameras
Thermal, 50 MP wide, 3x medium tele and 11x tele
Flight time
Up to 59 min
Thermal camera
1280 × 1024 (2560 × 2048 UHR mode)
Zoom
11x telephoto, up to 176x hybrid zoom
Laser rangefinder
Up to 3 km
Ingress rating
Aircraft rated IP55, operating from −20 °C to 50 °C, so dust and summer heat don’t ground it.
Transmission
Up to 20 km (CE) via DJI O4 Enterprise, plus dual built-in 4G
Top speed
23 m/s
Accessory payload
Up to 400 g (AL2 spotlight, AS2 speaker)

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DJI Matrice 5T FAQs

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Talk to us about the DJI Matrice 5T

Tell us what you need to inspect or find, and where. We'll recommend the right setup for your team, whether you fly it yourself or have us operate it for you.

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Training for your team, or flying it for you under our CASA approvals
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