DJI Unveils the Agras T55 and T100: A Leap in Agricultural Spraying Payload

DJI Agriculture launched two new spraying and pest-control drones on July 1, 2026: the Agras T55 and the dual-battery Agras T100, both delivering a major jump in payload capacity for precision agriculture. The advanced T100 comes with a 90-liter spray tank, a spreading capacity of 150 liters, and a lift capacity of up to 80 kilograms, while the smaller T55 offers a 50-liter tank and a millimeter-wave radar sensor.

Is DJI raising the payload bar in the agricultural drone market?

The Chinese company, which has dominated the global agricultural drone market for years, is sticking to a clear trajectory: more volume, more lift capacity, fewer stops for refilling. Both new models are clearly positioned to serve large operators and commercial spraying companies that manage drone fleets across vast areas, rather than a single family farmer working a small plot. The open question is how much medium-sized fields, including those common in Israel, would actually benefit from payloads of this scale, compared with the higher purchase and maintenance costs that come with them.

What are the technical specs of the two models?

The gap between the two models is most apparent in tank volume and the strength of their sensing systems, with the T100 built for genuinely industrial-scale operation.

• Agras T55: 50-liter spray tank, flow rate of up to 50 liters per minute
• Agras T55: solid spreading of up to 55 kilograms, at a rate of up to 400 kilograms per minute
• Agras T55: payload lift capacity of up to 40 kilograms
• Agras T55: millimeter-wave radar scanning 250,000 points per second, alongside a four-camera vision system and an FPV display for low-light conditions
• Agras T100 (dual battery): 90-liter spray tank
• Agras T100: solid spreading capacity of up to 150 liters
• Agras T100: payload lift capacity of up to 80 kilograms
• Agras T100: two smart batteries extending hover time by 50 percent
• Agras T100: centrifugal sprayers with dual atomization for finer spray droplets

What is DJI's global installed base of over 600,000 drones?

DJI is framing the launch against the backdrop of the massive market share it has already secured on the ground. The company reports an installed fleet of more than 600,000 agricultural drones currently in operation, backed by an extensive service and support infrastructure built up around them over the years.

• Agricultural drones installed worldwide: more than 600,000
• Crop types treated: approximately 300
• Countries of operation: more than 100
• Service centers: more than 3,500
• Certified instructors: approximately 7,000

Is the payload race still climbing?

This launch isn't happening in a vacuum. The agricultural drone industry has spent several years in an ongoing race for greater capacity, with each new generation trying to cut down the number of refill landings and shorten the time needed to cover large areas. Competing manufacturers, including other Chinese companies as well as smaller players in Europe and the United States, now have to respond to the new bar DJI has set with the T100. On the regulatory front, an 80-kilogram payload raises non-trivial questions regarding operational licensing in countries where aviation authorities still cap maximum takeoff weight for agricultural drones, and it's unclear whether regulations in every market have already caught up with this pace of advancement.

For large operators, especially in regions with open, contiguous fields such as the vast expanses of the United States or South America, fewer stops for refueling and refilling could translate into significant operational savings. That said, the purchase price of such platforms, along with the maintenance costs of advanced sensor systems like the millimeter-wave radar, has not yet been fully disclosed, making it difficult at this stage to assess the return on investment for operators in Israel and the region.