Think of it as a pickup truck for the battlefield.
That is how Jason Yochim, senior director for the Aerial Logistics Program, describes the MQ-72C Lakota Connector, an autonomous aircraft designed to carry supplies to remote locations while providing a platform that can be adapted for other missions.
Under a blue October sky and surrounded by white cotton fields, the concept was demonstrated Oct. 7 at the Yulista Center of Excellence at Huntsville Executive Airport, just north of Huntsville…