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DJI launched Dock 4 in October 2026 without saying whether Dock 3 continues.","pricing":[{"label":"Contact dealer","cadence":"contact","note":"No published price was found for the full Dock 3 and Matrice 4TD system; DJI sells it through Enterprise dealers.","regions":["UK"],"checkedAt":"2026-10-17","sourceId":"src_coptrz_dock3","support":{"support":"independently_verified","verified":"Coptrz's UK store listed DJI Dock 3 at £9,050 excluding VAT, in stock, on October 17, 2026"}},{"label":"Dock 3 listing: £9,050 excluding VAT","cadence":"one_time","note":"A UK dealer's listing for the dock. It says the dock is equipped with a Matrice 4D or 4TD but doesn't say whether the drone is included, so this is not a price for the full system.","regions":["UK"],"checkedAt":"2026-10-17","sourceId":"src_coptrz_dock3","support":{"support":"independently_verified","verified":"Coptrz's UK store listed DJI Dock 3 at £9,050 excluding VAT, in stock, on October 17, 2026"}}],"claims":[{"id":"clm_dock3_operations","text":"DJI says Dock 3 supports 24/7 remote operations and, paired with DJI FlightHub 2, flies routes set up in advance; it is the first DJI dock built to be mounted on vehicles, and an optional sensing module adds lidar and millimetre-wave radar for obstacle detection.","evidenceClass":"company_claim","sourceIds":["src_dji_dock3_release"],"observedAt":"2026-10-17"},{"id":"clm_dock3_btp_chain","text":"British Transport Police's August 2026 release describes its live Drone in a Box program without naming the hardware; BTP's own contract record (awarded September 3, 2025, £286,587, supplier iRed Limited) identifies it as \"DJI Dock 3 + M4TD Drone In a Box (DIAB) Hardware\", ten or more units.","evidenceClass":"documented","sourceIds":["src_btp_seventh_site","src_btp_dock3_contract"],"observedAt":"2026-10-17","support":{"src_btp_seventh_site":{"support":"customer_confirmed"},"src_btp_dock3_contract":{"support":"customer_confirmed"}}},{"id":"clm_dock3_btp_results","text":"British Transport Police says its drones reached the scene first in 68% of incidents, with an average response of 3 minutes 28 seconds, flying beyond visual line of sight and working with the Civil Aviation Authority.","evidenceClass":"documented","sourceIds":["src_btp_seventh_site"],"observedAt":"2026-10-17","support":{"src_btp_seventh_site":{"support":"customer_confirmed"}}},{"id":"clm_dock3_dock4","text":"DJI announced Dock 4, with a 25-second automated battery swap and the new Matrice 5TD, in October 2026. The announcement doesn't say whether Dock 3 continues; Dock 3 was still listed in stock in the UK on October 17, 2026.","evidenceClass":"documented","sourceIds":["src_dji_dock4_release","src_coptrz_dock3"],"observedAt":"2026-10-17","support":{"src_coptrz_dock3":{"support":"independently_verified","verified":"Coptrz's UK store listed DJI Dock 3 at £9,050 excluding VAT, in stock, on October 17, 2026"}}},{"id":"clm_dock3_fcc","text":"On December 22, 2025, the FCC added drones and drone components produced outside the US to its Covered List, so new foreign models can't get FCC authorization; the FCC said retailers could keep selling models it had already authorized.","evidenceClass":"documented","sourceIds":["src_fcc_uas_covered_list"],"observedAt":"2026-10-17"},{"id":"clm_dock3_people","text":"British Transport Police launches and pilots its drones remotely from a London-based control room. Human involvement is left blank because none of the Index's options describes this.","evidenceClass":"documented","sourceIds":["src_btp_seventh_site"],"observedAt":"2026-10-17","support":{"src_btp_seventh_site":{"support":"customer_confirmed"}}}],"sourceIds":["src_dji_dock3_release","src_btp_seventh_site","src_btp_dock3_contract","src_coptrz_dock3","src_dji_dock4_release","src_fcc_uas_covered_list"],"lastCheckedAt":"2026-10-17","updatedAt":"2026-10-17","editorial":{"status":"published","reviewedBy":"Holly White","reviewedAt":"2026-10-17","note":"Batch 2B-D record, approved in the evidence review (2026-10-17) and published."},"status":"available","statusAsOf":"2026-10-17","sourceRecords":[{"id":"src_dji_dock3_release","title":"DJI Dock 3 release","publisher":"DJI","url":"https://enterprise.dji.com/news/detail/dock-3-release","origin":"company","mediaType":"press_release","publishedAt":"2025-02-27","checkedAt":"2026-10-17","sourceType":"first_party"},{"id":"src_btp_seventh_site","title":"BTP expands drone capability with launch of seventh remote site","publisher":"British Transport Police","url":"https://www.btp.police.uk/news/btp/news/england/btp-expands-drone-capability-with-launch-of-seventh-remote-site/","origin":"named_customer","mediaType":"press_release","publishedAt":"2026-08-19","checkedAt":"2026-10-17","sourceType":"independent"},{"id":"src_btp_dock3_contract","title":"Project Falcon DJI Drone In a Box (DIAB) Hardware and Associated Support","publisher":"British Transport Police (Contracts Finder)","url":"https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/fdfbfc7b-66e1-4a23-b9b1-d5c40168e191","origin":"named_customer","mediaType":"official_page","publishedAt":"2025-09-16","checkedAt":"2026-10-17","sourceType":"independent"},{"id":"src_coptrz_dock3","title":"DJI Dock 3","publisher":"Coptrz","url":"https://coptrz.com/shop/accessories-and-parts/dji-dock-3/","origin":"independent_reporting","mediaType":"order_page","checkedAt":"2026-10-17","sourceType":"independent"},{"id":"src_dji_dock4_release","title":"DJI releases Dock 4","publisher":"DJI","url":"https://www.dji.com/media-center/announcements/dji-release-dock-4","origin":"company","mediaType":"press_release","publishedAt":"2026-10-13","checkedAt":"2026-10-17","sourceType":"first_party"},{"id":"src_fcc_uas_covered_list","title":"FACT SHEET: FCC Updates Covered List to Include Foreign UAS and UAS Critical Components on Going Forward Basis","publisher":"Federal Communications Commission","url":"https://docs.fcc.gov/public/attachments/DOC-416839A1.txt","origin":"regulator","mediaType":"regulatory_filing","publishedAt":"2025-12-22","checkedAt":"2026-10-17","sourceType":"regulator"}],"canonicalUrl":"https://itsalive.ai/products/dji-dock-3"}