DJI teases new product launch — but it’s not Avata 2 drone

The teaser for the March product launch comes from DJI’s enterprise solutions arm that develops high-end drones for public safety, industrial inspections, surveying, mapping, etc. As it usually does to build anticipation, the drone maker has revealed only a part of the product in the teaser and kept other details obscured by mist. The teaser is accompanied by a message — “Easy Operation, Superior Results.”

DJI doesn’t appear to be pointing to a consumer-focused FPV drone with this teaser. But readers may recall that Avata 2 is not the only new DJI drone that has received the green signal from the FCC test bench recently. Last month, it was the DJI Dock 2 drone-in-a-box solution and DJI Matrice 3D and Matrice 3TD drones that showed up in the FCC database.

And if this teaser is indeed pointing to the Dock 2 and accompanying drones, there’s quite a bit that we already know about the products since they were officially released in China in November 2023.

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In a nutshell, Dock 2 is an upgraded drone-in-a-box from DJI with a key differentiator being its lightweight design that makes transportation more convenient. Compared to the previous generation, the volume and weight of the autonomous docking solution have been reduced by 75% and 68% respectively.

We also know that Dock 2 is designed for use with the new DJI Matrice 3D/3TD series drones for applications such as high-precision surveying and mapping or security and inspection jobs.

While the Matrice 3D comes with a 12 MP telephoto camera and a 20MP wide-angle camera with a mechanical shutter, the Matrice 3TD sports a thermal camera in addition to a telephone and wide-angle camera (without mechanical shutter). Both aircraft come with IP54 protection and a flight time of 50 minutes for large-area operations.

Stay tuned for further updates as the countdown to the big reveal begins.

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