Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth will visit Bath Iron Works on Monday.

Maine State Police confirmed Thursday morning that the agency is part of the “overall security planning” for Hegseth’s visit, but a spokesperson declined to provide additional details “for safety and security reasons.”

Asked this week to confirm Hegseth’s trip, a BIW spokesperson directed a reporter to the U.S. State Department. Spokespeople for both the State Department and the Defense Department declined to confirm the secretary’s plans.

Hegseth’s appearance will come after leaders for the Bath shipyard announced that they are willing to work with the Navy to design and build the class of warships that the Trump administration announced in December.

When announcing the plans for what he called a “Golden Fleet,” President Donald Trump said the “Trump-class” battleships would be “the fastest, the biggest and by far 100 times more powerful than any battleship ever built.”

In response to the president’s remarks, BIW President Charles Krugh said the shipyard “stands ready to fully support the Navy in the design and construction of this important new shipbuilding program.”

“As a leading shipbuilder for the Navy for more than 140 years, GDBIW has the capacity, capability and engineering expertise to design and build the world’s best warships,” Krugh said in a written statement at the time. “America’s warfighters deserve the most advanced, lethal and survivable combat ships we can deliver to protect our country and our families.”

The secretary’s visit to BIW was first reported by the Bangor Daily News, citing an anonymous source who had been briefed on Hegseth’s plans.