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Woah! So expensive. Why will the US buyer transaction only be a rumor?
If its true (no smoke without a fire) I think they may be feeling humbled to purchase arms from KIWIs

A team of engineers working for a year hand building one aircraft.
If you start with a very small part of the original aircraft it can be "Repaired"
back to a new one.
they still have some of the scraps of the ex RNZAF Mosquitos to start the re-build.
As for being humbled, if you want the best, you have to go to the best to get it.