The phrase "aimed at locating and" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when describing a purpose or objective related to finding or identifying something.
Example: "The research project is aimed at locating and analyzing the sources of pollution in the river."
Alternatives: "intended to find and" or "designed to identify and".
The cognitive part of CBT aims at locating and correcting the negative automatic thoughts and logical errors, and changing the schemata, thereby alleviating the depressive symptoms.
They added: "For those who attempt to remain in the community without engaging with authorities, they should be aware that anyone in Australia without a valid visa will be subject to enforcement measures aimed at locating, detaining and removing them from Australia".
We are combining actions on the ground aimed at locating Eyal, Gil-ad and Naftali, and systematically targeting Hamas's terrorists and its civilian support system," said IDF spokesman Lt Col Peter Lerner.
Such information could be valuable for genome-wide association studies aimed at locating disease genes and SNPs in the dog genome.
His proposed expeditions to Khorāsān and the Himalayas were possibly aimed at locating new sources of horses and precious metals.
Turning now to the actinopterygians, it should be mentioned first of all that detailed gene expression studies, aimed at locating the homologues of the tetrapod pallial zones VP, LP, DP, and MP, have not been carried out as yet.
In addition, we have started field work aimed at locating the sources of the flint varieties.
The real estate arm of the Washington Metropolitan Transit Authority is negotiating a broad partnership with the General Services Administration aimed at locating federal office facilities near Metrorail stations.
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.
