diff --git a/simgear/hla/HLAInteractionClass.cxx b/simgear/hla/HLAInteractionClass.cxx
index b56aec44..e2674d3f 100644
--- a/simgear/hla/HLAInteractionClass.cxx
+++ b/simgear/hla/HLAInteractionClass.cxx
@@ -55,6 +55,12 @@ HLAInteractionClass::getName() const
     return _name;
 }
 
+const SGWeakPtr<HLAFederate>&
+HLAInteractionClass::getFederate() const
+{
+    return _federate;
+}
+
 HLASubscriptionType
 HLAInteractionClass::getSubscriptionType() const
 {
diff --git a/simgear/hla/HLAInteractionClass.hxx b/simgear/hla/HLAInteractionClass.hxx
index 4e1d1531..34a25c7e 100644
--- a/simgear/hla/HLAInteractionClass.hxx
+++ b/simgear/hla/HLAInteractionClass.hxx
@@ -41,6 +41,9 @@ public:
 
     const std::string& getName() const;
 
+    /// return the federate this interaction class belongs to
+    const SGWeakPtr<HLAFederate>& getFederate() const;
+
     HLASubscriptionType getSubscriptionType() const;
     void setSubscriptionType(HLASubscriptionType subscriptionType);
 
diff --git a/simgear/hla/HLAObjectClass.cxx b/simgear/hla/HLAObjectClass.cxx
index 9d4146d2..5bd86c0c 100644
--- a/simgear/hla/HLAObjectClass.cxx
+++ b/simgear/hla/HLAObjectClass.cxx
@@ -81,6 +81,12 @@ HLAObjectClass::getName() const
     return _name;
 }
 
+const SGWeakPtr<HLAFederate>&
+HLAObjectClass::getFederate() const
+{
+    return _federate;
+}
+
 unsigned
 HLAObjectClass::getNumAttributes() const
 {
diff --git a/simgear/hla/HLAObjectClass.hxx b/simgear/hla/HLAObjectClass.hxx
index ea054a48..6a04f4a1 100644
--- a/simgear/hla/HLAObjectClass.hxx
+++ b/simgear/hla/HLAObjectClass.hxx
@@ -38,6 +38,9 @@ public:
     /// Return the name of this object class
     const std::string& getName() const;
 
+    /// return the federate this class belongs to
+    const SGWeakPtr<HLAFederate>& getFederate() const;
+
     /// Return the number of attributes in this object class
     unsigned getNumAttributes() const;
 
diff --git a/simgear/hla/HLAObjectInstance.cxx b/simgear/hla/HLAObjectInstance.cxx
index a163c595..56ccf78e 100644
--- a/simgear/hla/HLAObjectInstance.cxx
+++ b/simgear/hla/HLAObjectInstance.cxx
@@ -51,6 +51,24 @@ HLAObjectInstance::~HLAObjectInstance()
     _clearRTIObjectInstance();
 }
 
+const std::string&
+HLAObjectInstance::getName() const
+{
+    return _name;
+}
+
+const SGWeakPtr<HLAFederate>&
+HLAObjectInstance::getFederate() const
+{
+    return _federate;
+}
+
+const SGSharedPtr<HLAObjectClass>&
+HLAObjectInstance::getObjectClass() const
+{
+    return _objectClass;
+}
+
 unsigned
 HLAObjectInstance::getNumAttributes() const
 {
diff --git a/simgear/hla/HLAObjectInstance.hxx b/simgear/hla/HLAObjectInstance.hxx
index 1262d6de..d0f47b08 100644
--- a/simgear/hla/HLAObjectInstance.hxx
+++ b/simgear/hla/HLAObjectInstance.hxx
@@ -39,13 +39,14 @@ public:
     virtual ~HLAObjectInstance();
 
     /// Return the name of this object instance
-    const std::string& getName() const
-    { return _name; }
+    const std::string& getName() const;
+
+    /// return the federate this instance belongs to
+    const SGWeakPtr<HLAFederate>& getFederate() const;
 
     /// Return the object class of this instance.
     /// Should always return a valid object class.
-    const SGSharedPtr<HLAObjectClass>& getObjectClass() const
-    { return _objectClass; }
+    const SGSharedPtr<HLAObjectClass>& getObjectClass() const;
 
     /// Return the number of attributes
     unsigned getNumAttributes() const;
@@ -55,7 +56,8 @@ public:
     /// Return the attribute name for the attribute with the given index
     std::string getAttributeName(unsigned index) const;
 
-    /// Return true if the attribute with the given index is owned by this federate
+    /// Return true if the attribute with the given index is owned by
+    /// this federate
     bool getAttributeOwned(unsigned index) const;
 
     /// Return the data type of the attribute with the given index
@@ -65,7 +67,8 @@ public:
     HLADataElement* getAttributeDataElement(unsigned index);
     const HLADataElement* getAttributeDataElement(unsigned index) const;
 
-    /// Write the raw attribute data value into data, works only of the object is backed up with an rti object instance
+    /// Write the raw attribute data value into data, works only of the object
+    /// is backed up with an rti object instance
     bool getAttributeData(unsigned index, RTIData& data) const;
 
     /// Sets the data element of the attribute with the given index to dataElement