I really liked the show, so many nice designs, but I never really felt like this one belonged in SC. I was not happy that this won. It's... just not the right style. Too alien, too manga, too fake... the rework looks nicer but ofc it's getting fatter with every iteration.
It feels useless as a gunship. Where's the space for guns or gunners? Those size1-2 looking turrets hanging off of it look weak, and are probably easy to damage, even by accident while landing. The unprotected huge nacelles which make it impossible for side gunners to fire at anything, make an easy target for ground troops. One hit from a railgun and it's bye bye...
Strip the guns, make it a bit more fat and armor it up, larger ramp at the back, and turn it into a small fast troop transport for the regular commandos or something. Not as fancy as that alien blackops transport, and so it's much cheaper and fits into the military lineup better.
Make a civvi version for fast cargo running/smuggling.