The UD-6 Dropship,[2] better known colloquially as the "Mohawk",[2] is a type of combat utility spacecraft used by the United States Colonial Marine Corps. A replacement for the older Cheyenne dropship, the Mohawk is likewise designed to be dropped from the belly of a USCM spacecraft in orbit and deliver troops and equipment rapidly to a planet's surface.
Both the UD-6 and its predecessor the UD-4 take their colloquial names from Native American peoples — in the case of the UD-6, the Mohawk, who inhabited northern New York State and southeastern Canada.