The phrase "aimed at locating" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when describing a goal or purpose related to finding something or someone.
Example: "The research project is aimed at locating the source of the contamination in the water supply."
Alternatives: "intended to find" or "designed to identify".
His proposed expeditions to Khorāsān and the Himalayas were possibly aimed at locating new sources of horses and precious metals.
Detectives suspect he made hundreds of thousands of pounds and an investigation aimed at locating and seizing assets is under way.
The current research aimed at locating the hot-spots of pollution with heavy metals.
In addition, we have started field work aimed at locating the sources of the flint varieties.
Over the past few decades, research missions aimed at locating the elusive caecilian (Ichthyophis weberi) had left scientists empty-handed until now.
This work was aimed at locating the gene involved in antifungal ability of bacterium Bacillus licheniformis into yeast by application of low energy ion beam.
Aiming at locating high-risk locations for potential intervention, hotspot identification is an integral component of any comprehensive road safety management programs.
The p-facility Huff location problem aims at locating facilities on a competitive environment so as to maximize the market share.
In co-location attacks, an attacker aims at locating the host on which a target VM is deployed and placing his VM on the same host as the victim VM.
The detection approach aims at locating the flying aircraft coordinates in the captured sequential images of the ground stereo vision guidance system.
A video-based process aiming at locating the parcels to be scanned is run continuously, while the actual model acquisition is performed only when the parcel reaches an optimal position on the conveyor belt, as described in the following.
