nope pelican was around before the covenant showed up, however its probably what become the skyhawk in the book, since the skyhawk was was supposed to have VTOL (vertical take off and landing) capabilities, also it looks like some concet art for Halo 2
ik I just felt like putting it out there >.>, plus I pointed out pelican was before and that the skysparrow was probably what they skyhawk was based off of, so we can call it a bit of Halo history