Long-Endurance Drone Platform With Power-Line-Level Obstacle Sensing

DJI Matrice 400

Engineered for Excellence, Designed for Versatility

DJI Matrice 400 Enterprise Drone Platform Available Across Africa from Aerosmart Africa, Authorised DJI Enterprise Dealer

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DJI Matrice 400

The DJI Matrice 400 is the most capable platform in DJI's enterprise drone lineup. Built around a 59-minute flight time, a 6 kg payload capacity, and an obstacle sensing system capable of detecting high-voltage power lines in low-visibility conditions, it is a platform engineered for operations where failure is not an option.

What separates the Matrice 400 from the enterprise platforms that came before it is not any single specification, it is the combination of endurance, payload flexibility, sensing intelligence, and transmission range working together as a system. Teams running long-corridor powerline inspection, large-area search and rescue, offshore platform inspection, or multi-payload precision mapping all get what they need from the same airframe, without compromise.

Aerosmart supplies and supports the DJI Matrice 400 as an authorised DJI Enterprise dealer. Whether you are configuring a single-unit deployment or equipping a multi-aircraft fleet, our team will make sure you are set up with the right configuration, the right documentation, and the right support from day one.

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Technical Specifications

Performance, protection, payload, and software compatibility at a glance.

Max Flight Time
59 minutes
Max Simultaneous Payloads
7
Max Hover Time
53 minutes
Obstacle Sensing
LiDAR + mmWave + Fisheye
Max Payload Capacity
6 kg
Remote Controller
DJI RC Plus 2 Enterprise
Max Flight Speed
25 m/s
Supported Software
Pilot 2, FlightHub 2, Terra
Video Transmission Range
40 km (O4 Enterprise Enhanced)
Compatible Payloads
Zenmuse H30, L2, L3, P1, S1, V1
IP Rating
IP55
GNSS
GPS + GLONASS + Galileo + BeiDou
Operating Temperature
-20°C to 50°C
Service Ceiling
7,000 m ASL
Flight Performance

Extended Flight Time,
High Speed Performance

Fifty-nine minutes of forward flight time with a payload attached is not a specification you encounter across most enterprise platforms. The Matrice 400 holds that figure even under load and maintains up to 53 minutes of hover duration for static observation and inspection tasks where the aircraft needs to hold position rather than cover ground.

What that translates to in the field is fewer landing cycles, longer continuous coverage windows, and less time managing battery rotations on complex missions. For teams running powerline inspections across long corridors, search and rescue operations covering wide terrain, or agricultural mapping missions over large estates, that endurance is operationally significant. It means fewer interruptions, more data per deployment, and lower operational cost per hectare covered.

At a top flight speed of 25 m/s, the Matrice 400 also handles large obstacle avoidance, buildings, ridgelines, transmission towers, and complex structures without requiring the pilot to manually intervene on every approach. The O4 Enterprise Enhanced transmission system maintains clean HD video and full control at up to 40 km, bringing remote and extended-range operations within practical reach without additional relay infrastructure in most deployment scenarios.

59min

Forward Flight

53min

Hover Time

25m/s

Top Speed

40km

Transmission Range

Payload Flexibility

One Airframe.
Every Mission Profile.

Up to 6 kg payload weight with simultaneous mounting of up to seven payloads through four external E-Port V2 connections. Thermal and visual imaging in parallel, LiDAR alongside RGB mapping, or spotlight and speaker combinations for public safety deployments — one airframe covers every mission requirement without a separate aircraft for each application.

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Compatible Payloads

Payloads and Accessories
Built for Every Mission

Expand Matrice 400 operations with visual, thermal, LiDAR, mapping, spotlight, speaker, and edge computing payloads.

Zenmuse H30 Series

Zenmuse H30 Series

Wide-angle, zoom, thermal, laser rangefinder, and NIR lighting in a single integrated system. The H30 Series handles visual inspection, thermal fault detection, long-range zoom surveillance, and night operations from a single payload slot — the most versatile option in the Matrice 400 payload range.

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Zenmuse L3

Zenmuse L3

Long-range LiDAR with dual 100MP RGB mapping cameras for precision geospatial work. Delivers high-density point clouds with colourised RGB overlay for survey, mapping, and infrastructure inspection applications requiring the highest spatial accuracy.

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Zenmuse P1

Zenmuse P1

Full-frame 45MP photogrammetry camera with interchangeable fixed-focus lenses. The standard payload for cadastral survey, topographic mapping, construction progress documentation, and any application where orthophoto and DTM quality are the primary output requirement.

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Zenmuse S1

Zenmuse S1

High-brightness LEP spotlight with multiple lighting modes. Designed for public safety, search and rescue, and security operations where the aircraft needs to illuminate subjects or scenes at range during night deployments.

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Zenmuse V1

Zenmuse V1

High-volume loudspeaker with multiple broadcast modes. Used for public address, crowd management, rescue coordination, and emergency communications where the aircraft serves as an aerial broadcast platform.

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Manifold 3

Manifold 3

100 TOPS onboard edge computing in a 120 g form factor. Mounts directly onto the aircraft for real-time AI inference, object detection, and mission processing at the edge — eliminating the need for ground-based computing infrastructure or cloud connectivity during active operations.

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Obstacle Sensing and Positioning

Obstacle Sensing Built for the Most Demanding Environments

Most enterprise drones struggle with power lines. The Matrice 400 was specifically engineered to detect them. Its sensing system combines rotating LiDAR, millimetre-wave radar, and full-colour low-light fisheye vision cameras — identifying thin wire obstacles including high-voltage transmission lines in darkness, through haze, through rain, and in the low-contrast conditions where camera-only sensing systems fail.

This level of detection capability is not an incremental improvement over previous enterprise platforms. It represents a fundamental change in how the aircraft understands its environment — enabling missions that were previously too hazardous to execute at the speeds and altitudes that make enterprise drone operations economically viable.

Aircraft Fusion Positioning

Combining rotating LiDAR, mmWave radar, and fisheye sensors, the aircraft builds a precise real-time picture of its surroundings — enabling stable flight in close proximity to glass-façade buildings, wind turbine blades, refinery columns, and the complex geometry of industrial infrastructure that defeats simpler sensing systems.

Full-Colour Vision Assist

Four full-colour low-light fisheye sensors mounted across the aircraft work continuously in the background, giving pilots a reliable safety layer during low-visibility operations, night flights, and any scenario where ambient lighting is insufficient for standard camera-based navigation.

Smart Detection

Thermal Intelligence Meets
Operational Precision

Paired with the Zenmuse H30 Series, the Matrice 400 processes both visual and thermal data simultaneously — identifying vehicles, vessels, and individuals across wide search areas as effectively on a standard patrol flight as on a dedicated search and rescue deployment.

Payload switching keeps the same airframe relevant across entirely different mission profiles without requiring a separate aircraft or extended ground turnaround between tasks. High-resolution automated grid capture and onboard subject tracking handle the data collection side without adding operator workload — allowing the pilot to focus on mission management rather than manually controlling every aspect of the aircraft.

Smart Detection

Identifies vehicles, vessels, and individuals in real time using combined visible and thermal imaging. Effective across wide open terrain, coastal environments, and complex urban scenes where visual-only detection is insufficient.

Automated high-resolution grid photography for systematic area coverage. Designed for large-scale search operations, disaster area documentation, and agricultural estate surveys where consistent, overlapping image coverage across the full mission area is required.

Subject tracking maintains lock automatically through zoom adjustments as distance and angle change. If the target moves out of view momentarily, the system reacquires without requiring the operator to reset or manually re-acquire — keeping focus on the mission rather than the controls.

Without modeling, operators can mark points on the remote controller screen, measure distances between points, and outline areas to calculate size. Results can be synchronized to DJI FlightHub 2 to improve team efficiency.

Weatherproofing

Built to Operate Where Conditions Are Worst

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Engineered to Endure

Protection that performs when conditions are unforgiving.

IP55

Protection

-20°C to 50°C

Operating Temperature

70°C

Operating Range

Dust / Rain

Ready

Ready for Extremes

From desert heat to coastal humidity, Matrice 400 keeps delivering.

Field operations rarely happen in ideal conditions.

The Matrice 400 carries an IP55 protection rating, covering it against dust ingress and low-pressure water jets meaning it stays operational through dusty environments, coastal humidity, and light to moderate rain without interrupting the mission.

Its temperature operating range runs from -20°C up to 50°C.

The upper limit is directly relevant to operations in high-temperature environments where summer ambient temperatures regularly exceed what most electronic hardware tolerates. At 50°C, the Matrice 400 continues operating at full performance specification where lighter platforms begin thermal throttling or shut down entirely to protect internal components.

Mission continuity in challenging conditions.

The combination of IP55 sealing and a 70°C total operating range means the Matrice 400 does not need to be grounded when conditions deteriorate. For professional teams running scheduled inspection programmes, that operational continuity has direct commercial value, missions proceed on schedule regardless of weather, and equipment downtime caused by environmental conditions is eliminated.

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Intelligent Flight Modes

Advanced flight modes help the Matrice 400 fly with greater control, consistency, and mission-focused precision.

CRUISE

Cruise Mode

Consistent heading for long corridor missions

Cruise mode locks the Matrice 400 onto a set flight direction without requiring continuous stick input, freeing the pilot to focus entirely on payload monitoring during long corridor runs or extended linear inspection routes.

Best For

Powerline inspection, pipeline right-of-way patrol, and missions where the aircraft needs to hold a consistent heading over distance while the operator manages sensor data collection.

Cruise Mode Active
GPS Strong 86%
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AR Features

See the Hazard Before
It Becomes One

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Power Line AR

When flying power grid inspection routes, the obstacle sensing system identifies frontal wire hazards in real time and overlays clearly visible AR markers directly onto the remote controller screen, giving the pilot an immediate, unambiguous picture of what is ahead and where the safe flight path runs. This removes the ambiguity from one of the most hazardous aspects of infrastructure inspection flying.

Real-Time Wire Detection

Identifies power lines and frontal obstacles the moment they enter the flight path.

AR Hazard Markers

Overlays clear, unmistakable markers directly onto the controller screen.

Safe Path Guidance

Highlights a clear corridor around detected hazards as you fly.

Instant Pilot Alerts

Flags wire hazards early, before they become critical.

Terrain Follow and Ship Landing

Flight That Reads the Landscape

Terrain Follow

The Matrice 400 maintains a consistent height above ground across any horizontal flight direction available in both manual and fully automated route modes. Rather than flying at a fixed altitude from the takeoff point, the aircraft actively adjusts to the terrain beneath it throughout the entire flight.

For search and rescue coverage across varied terrain, this keeps subject sizes consistent on screen and eliminates the constant zoom corrections that slow operators down as ground elevation changes. For mapping missions, terrain following holds a steady ground sampling distance throughout the route directly improving the accuracy and consistency of the data collected across undulating or irregular terrain profiles.

Ship Landing

Offshore operations platform inspection, maritime patrol, coastal surveillance, and wind turbine maintenance demand a platform that can deploy and recover from a vessel without requiring it to stop. The Matrice 400 handles takeoff from stationary ships and landing on vessels that are actively moving, using deck pattern recognition to confirm position and execute accurate, controlled landings every time.

This capability removes the requirement for a dedicated static launch platform during offshore deployments extending the operational reach of any vessel-based operation without adding infrastructure or crew requirements.

Video Transmission

Video Transmission Built for Long-Range Operations

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O4 Enterprise Enhanced Video Transmission System

The O4 Enterprise Enhanced Video Transmission System achieves image transmission up to 40 km, enabled by a ten-antenna array on the aircraft paired with a high-gain phased array antenna on the remote controller. The system maintains stable HD video and full command link across extended ranges, in environments with radio frequency interference, and across terrain where standard transmission systems experience signal degradation.

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Airborne Relay Video Transmission

The Matrice 400 also carries a built-in airborne relay module. A second unit can be positioned at altitude to extend the effective operational range of the primary aircraft, a configuration that proves particularly useful in mountainous terrain, urban signal environments, and deep valley geography where line-of-sight transmission drops off rapidly. Two aircraft operating in relay configuration effectively double the controllable range without additional ground infrastructure.

Software

Software Designed for Industrial Operations

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DJI FlightHub 2

FlightHub 2 has been updated specifically around the Matrice 400, introducing cloud-based remote control that gives operators direct access to flight attitude, payload management, and live flight controls without being physically present at the aircraft. Remote takeoff and landing are handled through the same interface enabling operations centres to manage deployed aircraft from any internet-connected location. For organisations running multi-site drone programmes, FlightHub 2 provides the centralised operational visibility and control that makes fleet management practical at scale.

Industry Applications

DJI Matrice 400 Applications by Industry

Power and Utilities Inspection

Power and Utilities Inspection

Long transmission corridor flights, extreme temperature operation, and fine obstacle detection without manual pilot intervention. The Matrice 400's rotating LiDAR sensing, 59-minute endurance, and 40 km transmission range make it the standard platform for high-voltage grid inspection programmes.

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Oil and Gas Facility Inspection

Oil and Gas Facility Inspection

Offshore platforms, onshore processing facilities, and pipeline networks require inspection capability that keeps personnel out of hazardous environments. The Matrice 400's extended flight time, moving vessel landing capability, and IP55 weatherproofing address every aspect of offshore and onshore energy sector deployment.

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Public Safety and Emergency Response

Public Safety and Emergency Response

Fast deployment, large-area continuous coverage, and real-time thermal and visual data feed to command. The Matrice 400 supports civil defence, emergency management, and law enforcement operations with the endurance and sensor capability that critical response missions demand.

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Geospatial Mapping and Construction

Geospatial Mapping and Construction

Paired with the Zenmuse P1 or L3, the Matrice 400 delivers survey-grade data quality across large project sites. Compatible with DJI Terra, PIX4D, and major GIS platforms for seamless integration into existing survey workflows.

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Renewable Energy

Renewable Energy

Solar farm thermal inspection, wind turbine blade assessment, and photovoltaic plant monitoring all benefit from the Matrice 400's precise altitude control, thermal imaging capability, and ability to operate safely in close proximity to complex rotating and static structures.

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Maritime Operations

Maritime Operations

Coastal patrol, port security, offshore monitoring, and vessel-based deployment are supported by the platform's ship landing capability and long-range transmission system.

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Mining and Resources

Mining and Resources

Stockpile volumetric measurement, high-wall face mapping, tailings dam monitoring, and mine perimeter surveillance supported by LiDAR-based obstacle sensing that navigates the complex geometry of active mining environments safely.

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Roads and Bridges

Roads and Bridges

Bridge structural assessment, highway corridor monitoring, and construction progress tracking capturing data from positions and at coverage speeds that ground inspection cannot replicate.

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WHY BUY THROUGH AEROSMART

Why Operators Buy the DJI Matrice 400 Through aerosmart

01

Genuine Product, Zero Grey-Market Risk

Every Matrice 400 carries original DJI warranty, current firmware certification, and regulatory-compliant documentation. No parallel imports. No counterfeit risk.

02

Delivery Across 14+ Countries

Direct shipping with full export documentation and import duty guidance included for every destination market.

03

Regulatory Guidance Included

A written country-specific RPAS regulatory brief covering operator certification, equipment registration, airspace restrictions, and current regulatory requirements is provided with every enterprise purchase.

04

Pre-Sale Technical Consultation

Payload configuration advice tailored to your specific mission requirement, not a generic product recommendation.

05

Post-Sale Support and Servicing

Dubai-based repair, maintenance, and remote diagnostics team available to all clients.

06

Training and Onboarding

Platform operation, DJI Terra mission planning, FlightHub 2 fleet management, and payload configuration training available remotely and in-person.

07

Competitive Pricing

Contact aerosmart for enterprise fleet pricing, multi-unit bundles, and payload configuration quotes.

DATA SECURITY

Enterprise-Grade Data Security, Built In

Enterprise data security

Data security is a non-negotiable requirement for government bodies, energy operators, and public safety organisations. The Matrice 400 addresses this with multiple built-in protection layers: Media Data Encryption, Local Data Mode, One-Tap Clear Logs, AES-256 Video Transmission Encryption, and Cloud API integration for connecting to your own secure environment.

Local Data Mode disables all internet connectivity during flight, ensuring that operationally sensitive data remains entirely within the operator's controlled environment and is never transmitted to external servers during active missions.

DJI Care Enterprise Plus

Protected From Day One

Every DJI Matrice 400 purchased through aerosmart comes with access to DJI Care Enterprise Plus covering the aircraft from activation date.

All DJI Care Enterprise Plus activations and warranty claims are handled directly by aerosmart no overseas routing, no third-party intermediaries.

FREE

Free Repairs

Unlimited number of free repairs within the coverage limit.

Battery Replacement

1 battery per year for reliable long-lasting runtime.

Whole Fleet Coverage

Shared limit for maximum protection across your fleet.

Free Two-Way Shipping

Free mail-in repairs for hassle-free service support.

Expert Service

Rapid response from trained DJI product experts.

Full Device Coverage

Worry-free support for every mission and deployment.

FAQ

Frequently Asked Questions

Where can I buy the DJI Matrice 400?

The DJI Matrice 400 is available from aerosmart, an authorised DJI Enterprise dealer with delivery across 14+ countries. Contact our team for pricing, availability, and payload configuration advice.

What is the flight time of the DJI Matrice 400?

The DJI Matrice 400 achieves up to 59 minutes of forward flight time with a payload attached and up to 53 minutes of hover duration, one of the longest endurance figures in the enterprise drone category.

What payloads are compatible with the DJI Matrice 400?

The Matrice 400 supports the full DJI Zenmuse payload range including the H30 Series, L2, L3, P1, S1 Spotlight, V1 Speaker, and Manifold 3, up to 7 simultaneous payloads with a maximum combined weight of 6 kg.

Is the DJI Matrice 400 suitable for operations in extreme heat and dust?

Yes. The IP55 rating and -20°C to 50°C operating temperature range make the Matrice 400 fully operational in high-temperature, dusty, and humid environments without performance degradation.

What is the difference between the DJI Matrice 400 and the Matrice 350 RTK?

The Matrice 400 introduces rotating LiDAR-based obstacle sensing, power-line-level wire detection, O4 Enterprise Enhanced transmission with 40 km range, airborne relay functionality, and ship-based moving vessel landing, none of which are available on the Matrice 350 RTK.

Does the DJI Matrice 400 come with warranty support?

Yes. Purchased through aerosmart, the Matrice 400 includes DJI Care Enterprise Plus with all claims handled locally, no overseas routing and no third-party intermediaries.

What is the price of the DJI Matrice 400?

The DJI Matrice 400 price varies based on payload configuration and bundle requirements. Contact aerosmart directly for an accurate quote tailored to your operational needs.

What software does the DJI Matrice 400 support?

The Matrice 400 supports DJI Pilot 2, DJI FlightHub 2, and DJI Terra. It is also compatible with third-party platforms via Cloud API, PSDK, and MSDK integration for custom enterprise software environments.

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