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The Focke-Wulf Fw 261 was a project for a long-range bomber/sea fighter aircraft of the Focke-Wulf-Flugzeugbau GmbH.

The Focke-Wulf Fw 261 was intended to be a replacement of the Focke-Wulf Fw 200 "Condor", which was able to bring the German U-boats operating in the Atlantic to the enemy convoys with a long range and considerably increased combat power. At the same time, enemy ships were to be fought by means of drop weapons. With a range of 9000 km and a bomb load of 3000 kg, the Focke-Wulf Fw 261 was to reach a speed of 560 km/h and a maximum flight duration of 22 hours. As a cantilevered shoulder-wing aircraft with a central fuselage and two tail girders arranged behind the outer engine nacelles, the central fuselage was intended to accommodate four weapon emplacements and part of the fuel as well as the drop weapons. It should be noted that the designation Fw 261 was used by Focke-Wulf without permission from the Reich Ministry of Aviation.