This new fella seems to be Kawamori mixing the VF-9 Cutlass (a personal fav design of his iirc) and the unmanned Ghost fighters. With maybe a little YF-29 thrown in with those engine pods.
i'm so detached from big macross circles so i dunno if people still say the next series needs to "get back to Plus" but all that really meant is the colors are muted and it gives you a violence boner so you can ignore the female stuff