This news started spreading in the end of 2016. Good to hear that Jerry Bruckheimer is the producer, IMHO this is the key to success.
BTW, Tom Cruise did not support this idea (Top Gun 1) initially, but after he was given a ride onboard F/A-18, he changed his mind. An excerpt from the article that could be found at the following URL:
The Awesome Perk That Sold Tom Cruise On Starring In Top Gun, According To Jerry Bruckheimer
".....Tom Cruise was originally reticent about taking the part of Maverick. Getting him to change his mind was actually a pretty major undertaking as it apparently involved contacting the United States Navy and putting
Tom Cruise in one of the famous Blue Angels jets. Once he’d been up in the air however, the deal was done."